diff --git a/fs/fscache/volume.c b/fs/fscache/volume.c
index c679646ad7df..edd3c245010e 100644
--- a/fs/fscache/volume.c
+++ b/fs/fscache/volume.c
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ static struct hlist_bl_head fscache_volume_hash[1 << fscache_volume_hash_shift];
 static atomic_t fscache_volume_debug_id;
 static LIST_HEAD(fscache_volumes);
 
+static void fscache_create_volume_work(struct work_struct *work);
+
 struct fscache_volume *fscache_get_volume(struct fscache_volume *volume,
 					  enum fscache_volume_trace where)
 {
@@ -215,7 +217,7 @@ static struct fscache_volume *fscache_alloc_volume(const char *volume_key,
 	volume->cache = cache;
 	volume->coherency = coherency_data;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&volume->proc_link);
-	INIT_WORK(&volume->work, NULL /* PLACEHOLDER */);
+	INIT_WORK(&volume->work, fscache_create_volume_work);
 	refcount_set(&volume->ref, 1);
 	spin_lock_init(&volume->lock);
 
@@ -252,6 +254,58 @@ static struct fscache_volume *fscache_alloc_volume(const char *volume_key,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Create a volume's representation on disk.  Have a volume ref and a cache
+ * access we have to release.
+ */
+static void fscache_create_volume_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	const struct fscache_cache_ops *ops;
+	struct fscache_volume *volume =
+		container_of(work, struct fscache_volume, work);
+
+	fscache_see_volume(volume, fscache_volume_see_create_work);
+
+	ops = volume->cache->ops;
+	if (ops->acquire_volume)
+		ops->acquire_volume(volume);
+	fscache_end_cache_access(volume->cache,
+				 fscache_access_acquire_volume_end);
+
+	clear_bit_unlock(FSCACHE_VOLUME_CREATING, &volume->flags);
+	wake_up_bit(&volume->flags, FSCACHE_VOLUME_CREATING);
+	fscache_put_volume(volume, fscache_volume_put_create_work);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Dispatch a worker thread to create a volume's representation on disk.
+ */
+void fscache_create_volume(struct fscache_volume *volume, bool wait)
+{
+	if (test_and_set_bit(FSCACHE_VOLUME_CREATING, &volume->flags))
+		goto maybe_wait;
+	if (volume->cache_priv)
+		goto no_wait; /* We raced */
+	if (!fscache_begin_cache_access(volume->cache,
+					fscache_access_acquire_volume))
+		goto no_wait;
+
+	fscache_get_volume(volume, fscache_volume_get_create_work);
+	if (!schedule_work(&volume->work))
+		fscache_put_volume(volume, fscache_volume_put_create_work);
+
+maybe_wait:
+	if (wait) {
+		fscache_see_volume(volume, fscache_volume_wait_create_work);
+		wait_on_bit(&volume->flags, FSCACHE_VOLUME_CREATING,
+			    TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+	}
+	return;
+no_wait:
+	clear_bit_unlock(FSCACHE_VOLUME_CREATING, &volume->flags);
+	wake_up_bit(&volume->flags, FSCACHE_VOLUME_CREATING);
+}
+
 /*
  * Acquire a volume representation cookie and link it to a (proposed) cache.
  */
@@ -270,7 +324,7 @@ struct fscache_volume *__fscache_acquire_volume(const char *volume_key,
 		return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
 	}
 
-	// PLACEHOLDER: Create the volume if we have a cache available
+	fscache_create_volume(volume, false);
 	return volume;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__fscache_acquire_volume);
@@ -317,7 +371,12 @@ static void fscache_free_volume(struct fscache_volume *volume)
 	struct fscache_cache *cache = volume->cache;
 
 	if (volume->cache_priv) {
-		// PLACEHOLDER: Detach any attached cache
+		__fscache_begin_volume_access(volume, NULL,
+					      fscache_access_relinquish_volume);
+		if (volume->cache_priv)
+			cache->ops->free_volume(volume);
+		fscache_end_volume_access(volume, NULL,
+					  fscache_access_relinquish_volume_end);
 	}
 
 	down_write(&fscache_addremove_sem);
@@ -370,6 +429,30 @@ void __fscache_relinquish_volume(struct fscache_volume *volume,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__fscache_relinquish_volume);
 
+/**
+ * fscache_withdraw_volume - Withdraw a volume from being cached
+ * @volume: Volume cookie
+ *
+ * Withdraw a cache volume from service, waiting for all accesses to complete
+ * before returning.
+ */
+void fscache_withdraw_volume(struct fscache_volume *volume)
+{
+	int n_accesses;
+
+	_debug("withdraw V=%x", volume->debug_id);
+
+	/* Allow wakeups on dec-to-0 */
+	n_accesses = atomic_dec_return(&volume->n_accesses);
+	trace_fscache_access_volume(volume->debug_id, 0,
+				    refcount_read(&volume->ref),
+				    n_accesses, fscache_access_cache_unpin);
+
+	wait_var_event(&volume->n_accesses,
+		       atomic_read(&volume->n_accesses) == 0);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(fscache_withdraw_volume);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 /*
  * Generate a list of volumes in /proc/fs/fscache/volumes
diff --git a/include/linux/fscache-cache.h b/include/linux/fscache-cache.h
index f78add6e7823..a10b66ca3544 100644
--- a/include/linux/fscache-cache.h
+++ b/include/linux/fscache-cache.h
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ struct fscache_cache {
 struct fscache_cache_ops {
 	/* name of cache provider */
 	const char *name;
+
+	/* Acquire a volume */
+	void (*acquire_volume)(struct fscache_volume *volume);
+
+	/* Free the cache's data attached to a volume */
+	void (*free_volume)(struct fscache_volume *volume);
 };
 
 extern struct workqueue_struct *fscache_wq;
@@ -65,6 +71,7 @@ extern int fscache_add_cache(struct fscache_cache *cache,
 			     const struct fscache_cache_ops *ops,
 			     void *cache_priv);
 extern void fscache_withdraw_cache(struct fscache_cache *cache);
+extern void fscache_withdraw_volume(struct fscache_volume *volume);
 
 extern void fscache_end_volume_access(struct fscache_volume *volume,
 				      struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
diff --git a/include/trace/events/fscache.h b/include/trace/events/fscache.h
index b1a962adfd16..1d576bd8112e 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/fscache.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/fscache.h
@@ -64,8 +64,12 @@ enum fscache_cookie_trace {
 };
 
 enum fscache_access_trace {
+	fscache_access_acquire_volume,
+	fscache_access_acquire_volume_end,
 	fscache_access_cache_pin,
 	fscache_access_cache_unpin,
+	fscache_access_relinquish_volume,
+	fscache_access_relinquish_volume_end,
 	fscache_access_unlive,
 };
 
@@ -96,7 +100,8 @@ enum fscache_access_trace {
 	EM(fscache_volume_put_hash_collision,	"PUT hcoll")		\
 	EM(fscache_volume_put_relinquish,	"PUT relnq")		\
 	EM(fscache_volume_see_create_work,	"SEE creat")		\
-	E_(fscache_volume_see_hash_wake,	"SEE hwake")
+	EM(fscache_volume_see_hash_wake,	"SEE hwake")		\
+	E_(fscache_volume_wait_create_work,	"WAIT crea")
 
 #define fscache_cookie_traces						\
 	EM(fscache_cookie_collision,		"*COLLIDE*")		\
@@ -115,8 +120,12 @@ enum fscache_access_trace {
 	E_(fscache_cookie_see_work,		"-   work ")
 
 #define fscache_access_traces		\
+	EM(fscache_access_acquire_volume,	"BEGIN acq_vol")	\
+	EM(fscache_access_acquire_volume_end,	"END   acq_vol")	\
 	EM(fscache_access_cache_pin,		"PIN   cache  ")	\
 	EM(fscache_access_cache_unpin,		"UNPIN cache  ")	\
+	EM(fscache_access_relinquish_volume,	"BEGIN rlq_vol")	\
+	EM(fscache_access_relinquish_volume_end,"END   rlq_vol")	\
 	E_(fscache_access_unlive,		"END   unlive ")
 
 /*
