diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
index 7706f6c..42f3820 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 	NFSD_List,
 	NFSD_Fh,
 	NFSD_FO_UnlockIP,
+	NFSD_FO_UnlockFS,
 	NFSD_Threads,
 	NFSD_Pool_Threads,
 	NFSD_Versions,
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@
 #endif
 
 static ssize_t failover_unlock_ip(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size);
+static ssize_t failover_unlock_fs(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size);
 
 static ssize_t (*write_op[])(struct file *, char *, size_t) = {
 	[NFSD_Svc] = write_svc,
@@ -104,6 +106,7 @@
 	[NFSD_Getfs] = write_getfs,
 	[NFSD_Fh] = write_filehandle,
 	[NFSD_FO_UnlockIP] = failover_unlock_ip,
+	[NFSD_FO_UnlockFS] = failover_unlock_fs,
 	[NFSD_Threads] = write_threads,
 	[NFSD_Pool_Threads] = write_pool_threads,
 	[NFSD_Versions] = write_versions,
@@ -329,6 +332,33 @@
 	return nlmsvc_unlock_all_by_ip(server_ip);
 }
 
+static ssize_t failover_unlock_fs(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	struct nameidata nd;
+	char *fo_path;
+	int error;
+
+	/* sanity check */
+	if (size == 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (buf[size-1] != '\n')
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	fo_path = buf;
+	if (qword_get(&buf, fo_path, size) < 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	error = path_lookup(fo_path, 0, &nd);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	error = nlmsvc_unlock_all_by_sb(nd.path.mnt->mnt_sb);
+
+	path_put(&nd.path);
+	return error;
+}
+
 static ssize_t write_filehandle(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size)
 {
 	/* request is:
@@ -733,6 +763,8 @@
 		[NFSD_List] = {"exports", &exports_operations, S_IRUGO},
 		[NFSD_FO_UnlockIP] = {"unlock_ip",
 					&transaction_ops, S_IWUSR|S_IRUSR},
+		[NFSD_FO_UnlockFS] = {"unlock_filesystem",
+					&transaction_ops, S_IWUSR|S_IRUSR},
 		[NFSD_Fh] = {"filehandle", &transaction_ops, S_IWUSR|S_IRUSR},
 		[NFSD_Threads] = {"threads", &transaction_ops, S_IWUSR|S_IRUSR},
 		[NFSD_Pool_Threads] = {"pool_threads", &transaction_ops, S_IWUSR|S_IRUSR},