diff --git a/fs/fscache/internal.h b/fs/fscache/internal.h
index ca035d6be7f9..8727419870aa 100644
--- a/fs/fscache/internal.h
+++ b/fs/fscache/internal.h
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ struct fscache_volume *fscache_get_volume(struct fscache_volume *volume,
 					  enum fscache_volume_trace where);
 void fscache_put_volume(struct fscache_volume *volume,
 			enum fscache_volume_trace where);
+bool fscache_begin_volume_access(struct fscache_volume *volume,
+				 struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
+				 enum fscache_access_trace why);
 void fscache_create_volume(struct fscache_volume *volume, bool wait);
 
 
diff --git a/fs/fscache/main.c b/fs/fscache/main.c
index e1f14b29cff4..6a024c45eb0b 100644
--- a/fs/fscache/main.c
+++ b/fs/fscache/main.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(fscache_debug,
 		 "FS-Cache debugging mask");
 
 EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(fscache_access_cache);
+EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(fscache_access_volume);
 
 struct workqueue_struct *fscache_wq;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fscache_wq);
diff --git a/fs/fscache/volume.c b/fs/fscache/volume.c
index 924851888f18..b1c1c2718104 100644
--- a/fs/fscache/volume.c
+++ b/fs/fscache/volume.c
@@ -33,6 +33,90 @@ static void fscache_see_volume(struct fscache_volume *volume,
 	trace_fscache_volume(volume->debug_id, ref, where);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Pin the cache behind a volume so that we can access it.
+ */
+static void __fscache_begin_volume_access(struct fscache_volume *volume,
+					  struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
+					  enum fscache_access_trace why)
+{
+	int n_accesses;
+
+	n_accesses = atomic_inc_return(&volume->n_accesses);
+	smp_mb__after_atomic();
+	trace_fscache_access_volume(volume->debug_id, cookie ? cookie->debug_id : 0,
+				    refcount_read(&volume->ref),
+				    n_accesses, why);
+}
+
+/**
+ * fscache_begin_volume_access - Pin a cache so a volume can be accessed
+ * @volume: The volume cookie
+ * @cookie: A datafile cookie for a tracing reference (or NULL)
+ * @why: An indication of the circumstances of the access for tracing
+ *
+ * Attempt to pin the cache to prevent it from going away whilst we're
+ * accessing a volume and returns true if successful.  This works as follows:
+ *
+ *  (1) If the cache tests as not live (state is not FSCACHE_CACHE_IS_ACTIVE),
+ *      then we return false to indicate access was not permitted.
+ *
+ *  (2) If the cache tests as live, then we increment the volume's n_accesses
+ *      count and then recheck the cache liveness, ending the access if it
+ *      ceased to be live.
+ *
+ *  (3) When we end the access, we decrement the volume's n_accesses and wake
+ *      up the any waiters if it reaches 0.
+ *
+ *  (4) Whilst the cache is caching, the volume's n_accesses is kept
+ *      artificially incremented to prevent wakeups from happening.
+ *
+ *  (5) When the cache is taken offline, the state is changed to prevent new
+ *      accesses, the volume's n_accesses is decremented and we wait for it to
+ *      become 0.
+ *
+ * The datafile @cookie and the @why indicator are merely provided for tracing
+ * purposes.
+ */
+bool fscache_begin_volume_access(struct fscache_volume *volume,
+				 struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
+				 enum fscache_access_trace why)
+{
+	if (!fscache_cache_is_live(volume->cache))
+		return false;
+	__fscache_begin_volume_access(volume, cookie, why);
+	if (!fscache_cache_is_live(volume->cache)) {
+		fscache_end_volume_access(volume, cookie, fscache_access_unlive);
+		return false;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * fscache_end_volume_access - Unpin a cache at the end of an access.
+ * @volume: The volume cookie
+ * @cookie: A datafile cookie for a tracing reference (or NULL)
+ * @why: An indication of the circumstances of the access for tracing
+ *
+ * Unpin a cache volume after we've accessed it.  The datafile @cookie and the
+ * @why indicator are merely provided for tracing purposes.
+ */
+void fscache_end_volume_access(struct fscache_volume *volume,
+			       struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
+			       enum fscache_access_trace why)
+{
+	int n_accesses;
+
+	smp_mb__before_atomic();
+	n_accesses = atomic_dec_return(&volume->n_accesses);
+	trace_fscache_access_volume(volume->debug_id, cookie ? cookie->debug_id : 0,
+				    refcount_read(&volume->ref),
+				    n_accesses, why);
+	if (n_accesses == 0)
+		wake_up_var(&volume->n_accesses);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(fscache_end_volume_access);
+
 static long fscache_compare_volume(const struct fscache_volume *a,
 				   const struct fscache_volume *b)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/fscache-cache.h b/include/linux/fscache-cache.h
index c4355b888c91..fbbd8a2afe12 100644
--- a/include/linux/fscache-cache.h
+++ b/include/linux/fscache-cache.h
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ extern struct rw_semaphore fscache_addremove_sem;
 extern struct fscache_cache *fscache_acquire_cache(const char *name);
 extern void fscache_relinquish_cache(struct fscache_cache *cache);
 
+extern void fscache_end_volume_access(struct fscache_volume *volume,
+				      struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
+				      enum fscache_access_trace why);
+
 extern struct fscache_cookie *fscache_get_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
 						 enum fscache_cookie_trace where);
 extern void fscache_put_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
diff --git a/include/trace/events/fscache.h b/include/trace/events/fscache.h
index 0ce0bd88e2b4..104aad12021b 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/fscache.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/fscache.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ enum fscache_volume_trace {
 	fscache_volume_put_relinquish,
 	fscache_volume_see_create_work,
 	fscache_volume_see_hash_wake,
+	fscache_volume_wait_create_work,
 };
 
 enum fscache_cookie_trace {
@@ -245,6 +246,39 @@ TRACE_EVENT(fscache_access_cache,
 		      __entry->n_accesses)
 	    );
 
+TRACE_EVENT(fscache_access_volume,
+	    TP_PROTO(unsigned int volume_debug_id,
+		     unsigned int cookie_debug_id,
+		     int ref,
+		     int n_accesses,
+		     enum fscache_access_trace why),
+
+	    TP_ARGS(volume_debug_id, cookie_debug_id, ref, n_accesses, why),
+
+	    TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		    __field(unsigned int,		volume		)
+		    __field(unsigned int,		cookie		)
+		    __field(int,			ref		)
+		    __field(int,			n_accesses	)
+		    __field(enum fscache_access_trace,	why		)
+			     ),
+
+	    TP_fast_assign(
+		    __entry->volume	= volume_debug_id;
+		    __entry->cookie	= cookie_debug_id;
+		    __entry->ref	= ref;
+		    __entry->n_accesses	= n_accesses;
+		    __entry->why	= why;
+			   ),
+
+	    TP_printk("V=%08x c=%08x %s r=%d a=%d",
+		      __entry->volume,
+		      __entry->cookie,
+		      __print_symbolic(__entry->why, fscache_access_traces),
+		      __entry->ref,
+		      __entry->n_accesses)
+	    );
+
 TRACE_EVENT(fscache_acquire,
 	    TP_PROTO(struct fscache_cookie *cookie),
 
