diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index f28cf8b46f80..8092f0d9fd1f 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -804,6 +804,8 @@ static ssize_t fuse_fill_write_pages(struct fuse_req *req,
 		if (offset == PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
 			offset = 0;
 
+		if (!fc->big_writes)
+			break;
 	} while (iov_iter_count(ii) && count < fc->max_write &&
 		 req->num_pages < FUSE_MAX_PAGES_PER_REQ && offset == 0);
 
diff --git a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
index dadffa21a206..bae948657c4f 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
+++ b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
@@ -404,6 +404,9 @@ struct fuse_conn {
 	/** Is bmap not implemented by fs? */
 	unsigned no_bmap : 1;
 
+	/** Do multi-page cached writes */
+	unsigned big_writes : 1;
+
 	/** The number of requests waiting for completion */
 	atomic_t num_waiting;
 
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index 79b615873838..fb77e0962132 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -576,6 +576,8 @@ static void process_init_reply(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
 				fc->no_lock = 1;
 			if (arg->flags & FUSE_ATOMIC_O_TRUNC)
 				fc->atomic_o_trunc = 1;
+			if (arg->flags & FUSE_BIG_WRITES)
+				fc->big_writes = 1;
 		} else {
 			ra_pages = fc->max_read / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 			fc->no_lock = 1;
@@ -599,7 +601,8 @@ static void fuse_send_init(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
 	arg->major = FUSE_KERNEL_VERSION;
 	arg->minor = FUSE_KERNEL_MINOR_VERSION;
 	arg->max_readahead = fc->bdi.ra_pages * PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
-	arg->flags |= FUSE_ASYNC_READ | FUSE_POSIX_LOCKS | FUSE_ATOMIC_O_TRUNC;
+	arg->flags |= FUSE_ASYNC_READ | FUSE_POSIX_LOCKS | FUSE_ATOMIC_O_TRUNC |
+		FUSE_BIG_WRITES;
 	req->in.h.opcode = FUSE_INIT;
 	req->in.numargs = 1;
 	req->in.args[0].size = sizeof(*arg);
diff --git a/include/linux/fuse.h b/include/linux/fuse.h
index 5c86f1196c3a..d48282197696 100644
--- a/include/linux/fuse.h
+++ b/include/linux/fuse.h
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ struct fuse_file_lock {
 #define FUSE_POSIX_LOCKS	(1 << 1)
 #define FUSE_FILE_OPS		(1 << 2)
 #define FUSE_ATOMIC_O_TRUNC	(1 << 3)
+#define FUSE_BIG_WRITES		(1 << 5)
 
 /**
  * Release flags