diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/internal.h b/fs/cachefiles/internal.h
index b51146a29aca..b2adcb59b4ce 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/internal.h
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/internal.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ struct cachefiles_object {
  * Cache files cache definition
  */
 struct cachefiles_cache {
+	struct fscache_cache		*cache;		/* Cache cookie */
 	struct vfsmount			*mnt;		/* mountpoint holding the cache */
 	struct file			*cachefilesd;	/* manager daemon handle */
 	const struct cred		*cache_cred;	/* security override for accessing cache */
@@ -103,6 +104,16 @@ static inline int cachefiles_inject_remove_error(void)
 	return cachefiles_error_injection_state & 2 ? -EIO : 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Error handling
+ */
+#define cachefiles_io_error(___cache, FMT, ...)		\
+do {							\
+	pr_err("I/O Error: " FMT"\n", ##__VA_ARGS__);	\
+	fscache_io_error((___cache)->cache);		\
+	set_bit(CACHEFILES_DEAD, &(___cache)->flags);	\
+} while (0)
+
 
 /*
  * Debug tracing