diff --git a/fs/notify/inode_mark.c b/fs/notify/inode_mark.c
index 6731408c49f7..b00065842b3e 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inode_mark.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inode_mark.c
@@ -322,6 +322,8 @@ int fsnotify_add_mark(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry,
 	if (unlikely(!inode))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	entry->flags = FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_INODE;
+
 	/*
 	 * if this group isn't being testing for inode type events we need
 	 * to start testing
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index 0c0fd4ee2840..cf165857199b 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@ struct fsnotify_mark_entry {
 		struct fsnotify_vfsmount_mark m;
 	};
 	struct list_head free_g_list;	/* tmp list used when freeing this mark */
+#define FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_INODE	0x01
+#define FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_VFSMOUNT	0x02
+	unsigned int flags;		/* vfsmount or inode mark? */
 	void (*free_mark)(struct fsnotify_mark_entry *entry); /* called on final put+free */
 };