diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index dbe0c1e8349c..48ce82926d93 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -542,6 +542,21 @@ void shmem_truncate_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t lstart, loff_t lend)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(shmem_truncate_range);
 
+static int shmem_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
+			 struct kstat *stat)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct shmem_inode_info *info = SHMEM_I(inode);
+
+	spin_lock(&info->lock);
+	shmem_recalc_inode(inode);
+	spin_unlock(&info->lock);
+
+	generic_fillattr(inode, stat);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int shmem_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
@@ -3122,6 +3137,7 @@ static const struct file_operations shmem_file_operations = {
 };
 
 static const struct inode_operations shmem_inode_operations = {
+	.getattr	= shmem_getattr,
 	.setattr	= shmem_setattr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR
 	.setxattr	= shmem_setxattr,