diff --git a/fs/fat/fat.h b/fs/fat/fat.h
index be5e153..eed04c0 100644
--- a/fs/fat/fat.h
+++ b/fs/fat/fat.h
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@
 {
 	return hash_32(logstart, FAT_HASH_BITS);
 }
+extern int fat_add_cluster(struct inode *inode);
 
 /* fat/misc.c */
 extern __printf(3, 4) __cold
diff --git a/fs/fat/file.c b/fs/fat/file.c
index a08f103..43d3475 100644
--- a/fs/fat/file.c
+++ b/fs/fat/file.c
@@ -14,8 +14,12 @@
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/fsnotify.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
+#include <linux/falloc.h>
 #include "fat.h"
 
+static long fat_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode,
+			  loff_t offset, loff_t len);
+
 static int fat_ioctl_get_attributes(struct inode *inode, u32 __user *user_attr)
 {
 	u32 attr;
@@ -177,6 +181,7 @@
 #endif
 	.fsync		= fat_file_fsync,
 	.splice_read	= generic_file_splice_read,
+	.fallocate	= fat_fallocate,
 };
 
 static int fat_cont_expand(struct inode *inode, loff_t size)
@@ -215,6 +220,62 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Preallocate space for a file. This implements fat's fallocate file
+ * operation, which gets called from sys_fallocate system call. User
+ * space requests len bytes at offset. If FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE is set
+ * we just allocate clusters without zeroing them out. Otherwise we
+ * allocate and zero out clusters via an expanding truncate.
+ */
+static long fat_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode,
+			  loff_t offset, loff_t len)
+{
+	int nr_cluster; /* Number of clusters to be allocated */
+	loff_t mm_bytes; /* Number of bytes to be allocated for file */
+	loff_t ondisksize; /* block aligned on-disk size in bytes*/
+	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
+	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
+	struct msdos_sb_info *sbi = MSDOS_SB(sb);
+	int err = 0;
+
+	/* No support for hole punch or other fallocate flags. */
+	if (mode & ~FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	/* No support for dir */
+	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	if (mode & FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE) {
+		ondisksize = inode->i_blocks << 9;
+		if ((offset + len) <= ondisksize)
+			goto error;
+
+		/* First compute the number of clusters to be allocated */
+		mm_bytes = offset + len - ondisksize;
+		nr_cluster = (mm_bytes + (sbi->cluster_size - 1)) >>
+			sbi->cluster_bits;
+
+		/* Start the allocation.We are not zeroing out the clusters */
+		while (nr_cluster-- > 0) {
+			err = fat_add_cluster(inode);
+			if (err)
+				goto error;
+		}
+	} else {
+		if ((offset + len) <= i_size_read(inode))
+			goto error;
+
+		/* This is just an expanding truncate */
+		err = fat_cont_expand(inode, (offset + len));
+	}
+
+error:
+	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	return err;
+}
+
 /* Free all clusters after the skip'th cluster. */
 static int fat_free(struct inode *inode, int skip)
 {
diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index 08ef5fd..a6d41fb 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 },
 };
 
-static int fat_add_cluster(struct inode *inode)
+int fat_add_cluster(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	int err, cluster;
 
@@ -575,13 +575,43 @@
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fat_build_inode);
 
+static int __fat_write_inode(struct inode *inode, int wait);
+
+static void fat_free_eofblocks(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	/* Release unwritten fallocated blocks on inode eviction. */
+	if ((inode->i_blocks << 9) >
+			round_up(MSDOS_I(inode)->mmu_private,
+				MSDOS_SB(inode->i_sb)->cluster_size)) {
+		int err;
+
+		fat_truncate_blocks(inode, MSDOS_I(inode)->mmu_private);
+		/* Fallocate results in updating the i_start/iogstart
+		 * for the zero byte file. So, make it return to
+		 * original state during evict and commit it to avoid
+		 * any corruption on the next access to the cluster
+		 * chain for the file.
+		 */
+		err = __fat_write_inode(inode, inode_needs_sync(inode));
+		if (err) {
+			fat_msg(inode->i_sb, KERN_WARNING, "Failed to "
+					"update on disk inode for unused "
+					"fallocated blocks, inode could be "
+					"corrupted. Please run fsck");
+		}
+
+	}
+}
+
 static void fat_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	truncate_inode_pages_final(&inode->i_data);
 	if (!inode->i_nlink) {
 		inode->i_size = 0;
 		fat_truncate_blocks(inode, 0);
-	}
+	} else
+		fat_free_eofblocks(inode);
+
 	invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
 	clear_inode(inode);
 	fat_cache_inval_inode(inode);