diff --git a/fs/fhandle.c b/fs/fhandle.c
index 6e8cea16790ef28256e46e8c4e9986e9812ea80e..8cb665629f4a895b13ed3a2c99a85d18fbc12cce 100644
--- a/fs/fhandle.c
+++ b/fs/fhandle.c
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 
 static long do_sys_name_to_handle(const struct path *path,
 				  struct file_handle __user *ufh,
-				  int __user *mnt_id, int fh_flags)
+				  void __user *mnt_id, bool unique_mntid,
+				  int fh_flags)
 {
 	long retval;
 	struct file_handle f_handle;
@@ -69,9 +70,19 @@ static long do_sys_name_to_handle(const struct path *path,
 	} else
 		retval = 0;
 	/* copy the mount id */
-	if (put_user(real_mount(path->mnt)->mnt_id, mnt_id) ||
-	    copy_to_user(ufh, handle,
-			 struct_size(handle, f_handle, handle_bytes)))
+	if (unique_mntid) {
+		if (put_user(real_mount(path->mnt)->mnt_id_unique,
+			     (u64 __user *) mnt_id))
+			retval = -EFAULT;
+	} else {
+		if (put_user(real_mount(path->mnt)->mnt_id,
+			     (int __user *) mnt_id))
+			retval = -EFAULT;
+	}
+	/* copy the handle */
+	if (retval != -EFAULT &&
+		copy_to_user(ufh, handle,
+			     struct_size(handle, f_handle, handle_bytes)))
 		retval = -EFAULT;
 	kfree(handle);
 	return retval;
@@ -83,6 +94,7 @@ static long do_sys_name_to_handle(const struct path *path,
  * @name: name that should be converted to handle.
  * @handle: resulting file handle
  * @mnt_id: mount id of the file system containing the file
+ *          (u64 if AT_HANDLE_MNT_ID_UNIQUE, otherwise int)
  * @flag: flag value to indicate whether to follow symlink or not
  *        and whether a decodable file handle is required.
  *
@@ -92,7 +104,7 @@ static long do_sys_name_to_handle(const struct path *path,
  * value required.
  */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE5(name_to_handle_at, int, dfd, const char __user *, name,
-		struct file_handle __user *, handle, int __user *, mnt_id,
+		struct file_handle __user *, handle, void __user *, mnt_id,
 		int, flag)
 {
 	struct path path;
@@ -100,7 +112,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(name_to_handle_at, int, dfd, const char __user *, name,
 	int fh_flags;
 	int err;
 
-	if (flag & ~(AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW | AT_EMPTY_PATH | AT_HANDLE_FID))
+	if (flag & ~(AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW | AT_EMPTY_PATH | AT_HANDLE_FID |
+		     AT_HANDLE_MNT_ID_UNIQUE))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	lookup_flags = (flag & AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW) ? LOOKUP_FOLLOW : 0;
@@ -109,7 +122,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(name_to_handle_at, int, dfd, const char __user *, name,
 		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_EMPTY;
 	err = user_path_at(dfd, name, lookup_flags, &path);
 	if (!err) {
-		err = do_sys_name_to_handle(&path, handle, mnt_id, fh_flags);
+		err = do_sys_name_to_handle(&path, handle, mnt_id,
+					    flag & AT_HANDLE_MNT_ID_UNIQUE,
+					    fh_flags);
 		path_put(&path);
 	}
 	return err;
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 4bcf6754738d4da35ba05cdd2d902028e48550a5..5758104921e66e2e3b815bacb1953ac892599a46 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_fanotify_mark(int fanotify_fd, unsigned int flags,
 #endif
 asmlinkage long sys_name_to_handle_at(int dfd, const char __user *name,
 				      struct file_handle __user *handle,
-				      int __user *mnt_id, int flag);
+				      void __user *mnt_id, int flag);
 asmlinkage long sys_open_by_handle_at(int mountdirfd,
 				      struct file_handle __user *handle,
 				      int flags);
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h b/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
index 38a6d66d9e8871b27b464c009344bde6a1e9de0e..87e2dec79fea4ef21e694f3c069ec229926b6d08 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
 #define AT_HANDLE_FID		0x200	/* File handle is needed to compare
 					   object identity and may not be
 					   usable with open_by_handle_at(2). */
+#define AT_HANDLE_MNT_ID_UNIQUE	0x001	/* Return the u64 unique mount ID. */
 
 #if defined(__KERNEL__)
 #define AT_GETATTR_NOSEC	0x80000000