diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_fs.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_fs.h
index d7b3b712b279..52d03a3a02a4 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_fs.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_fs.h
@@ -472,7 +472,18 @@ struct xfs_bulk_ireq {
  */
 #define XFS_BULK_IREQ_AGNO	(1 << 0)
 
-#define XFS_BULK_IREQ_FLAGS_ALL	(XFS_BULK_IREQ_AGNO)
+/*
+ * Return bulkstat information for a single inode, where @ino value is a
+ * special value, not a literal inode number.  See the XFS_BULK_IREQ_SPECIAL_*
+ * values below.  Not compatible with XFS_BULK_IREQ_AGNO.
+ */
+#define XFS_BULK_IREQ_SPECIAL	(1 << 1)
+
+#define XFS_BULK_IREQ_FLAGS_ALL	(XFS_BULK_IREQ_AGNO | \
+				 XFS_BULK_IREQ_SPECIAL)
+
+/* Operate on the root directory inode. */
+#define XFS_BULK_IREQ_SPECIAL_ROOT	(1)
 
 /*
  * ioctl structures for v5 bulkstat and inumbers requests
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
index e1e1d9d6c16d..6bf04e71325b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -853,6 +853,25 @@ xfs_bulk_ireq_setup(
 	breq->ocount = 0;
 	breq->flags = 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * The @ino parameter is a special value, so we must look it up here.
+	 * We're not allowed to have IREQ_AGNO, and we only return one inode
+	 * worth of data.
+	 */
+	if (hdr->flags & XFS_BULK_IREQ_SPECIAL) {
+		if (hdr->flags & XFS_BULK_IREQ_AGNO)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		switch (hdr->ino) {
+		case XFS_BULK_IREQ_SPECIAL_ROOT:
+			hdr->ino = mp->m_sb.sb_rootino;
+			break;
+		default:
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		breq->icount = 1;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * The IREQ_AGNO flag means that we only want results from a given AG.
 	 * If @hdr->ino is zero, we start iterating in that AG.  If @hdr->ino is