diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
index b58b84b50fa2..eed520fd0c8e 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ shortname=lower|win95|winnt|mixed
 		 winnt: emulate the Windows NT rule for display/create.
 		 mixed: emulate the Windows NT rule for display,
 			emulate the Windows 95 rule for create.
-		 Default setting is `lower'.
+		 Default setting is `mixed'.
 
 tz=UTC        -- Interpret timestamps as UTC rather than local time.
                  This option disables the conversion of timestamps
diff --git a/fs/fat/fat.h b/fs/fat/fat.h
index adb0e72a176d..7db0979c6b72 100644
--- a/fs/fat/fat.h
+++ b/fs/fat/fat.h
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ extern int fat_flush_inodes(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *i1,
 /* fat/misc.c */
 extern void fat_fs_error(struct super_block *s, const char *fmt, ...)
 	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3))) __cold;
-extern void fat_clusters_flush(struct super_block *sb);
+extern int fat_clusters_flush(struct super_block *sb);
 extern int fat_chain_add(struct inode *inode, int new_dclus, int nr_cluster);
 extern void fat_time_fat2unix(struct msdos_sb_info *sbi, struct timespec *ts,
 			      __le16 __time, __le16 __date, u8 time_cs);
diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index 04629d1302fc..76b7961ab663 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -451,12 +451,16 @@ static void fat_write_super(struct super_block *sb)
 
 static int fat_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 {
-	lock_super(sb);
-	fat_clusters_flush(sb);
-	sb->s_dirt = 0;
-	unlock_super(sb);
+	int err = 0;
 
-	return 0;
+	if (sb->s_dirt) {
+		lock_super(sb);
+		sb->s_dirt = 0;
+		err = fat_clusters_flush(sb);
+		unlock_super(sb);
+	}
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 static void fat_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
@@ -812,7 +816,7 @@ static int fat_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct vfsmount *mnt)
 			seq_puts(m, ",shortname=mixed");
 			break;
 		case VFAT_SFN_DISPLAY_LOWER | VFAT_SFN_CREATE_WIN95:
-			/* seq_puts(m, ",shortname=lower"); */
+			seq_puts(m, ",shortname=lower");
 			break;
 		default:
 			seq_puts(m, ",shortname=unknown");
@@ -963,7 +967,7 @@ static int parse_options(char *options, int is_vfat, int silent, int *debug,
 	opts->codepage = fat_default_codepage;
 	opts->iocharset = fat_default_iocharset;
 	if (is_vfat) {
-		opts->shortname = VFAT_SFN_DISPLAY_LOWER|VFAT_SFN_CREATE_WIN95;
+		opts->shortname = VFAT_SFN_DISPLAY_WINNT|VFAT_SFN_CREATE_WIN95;
 		opts->rodir = 0;
 	} else {
 		opts->shortname = 0;
diff --git a/fs/fat/misc.c b/fs/fat/misc.c
index 4e35be873e09..0f55f5cb732f 100644
--- a/fs/fat/misc.c
+++ b/fs/fat/misc.c
@@ -43,19 +43,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fat_fs_error);
 
 /* Flushes the number of free clusters on FAT32 */
 /* XXX: Need to write one per FSINFO block.  Currently only writes 1 */
-void fat_clusters_flush(struct super_block *sb)
+int fat_clusters_flush(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct msdos_sb_info *sbi = MSDOS_SB(sb);
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	struct fat_boot_fsinfo *fsinfo;
 
 	if (sbi->fat_bits != 32)
-		return;
+		return 0;
 
 	bh = sb_bread(sb, sbi->fsinfo_sector);
 	if (bh == NULL) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "FAT: bread failed in fat_clusters_flush\n");
-		return;
+		return -EIO;
 	}
 
 	fsinfo = (struct fat_boot_fsinfo *)bh->b_data;
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ void fat_clusters_flush(struct super_block *sb)
 		mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
 	}
 	brelse(bh);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
index cb6e83557112..f565f24019b5 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
@@ -499,17 +499,10 @@ xlate_to_uni(const unsigned char *name, int len, unsigned char *outname,
 	int charlen;
 
 	if (utf8) {
-		int name_len = strlen(name);
-
-		*outlen = utf8s_to_utf16s(name, PATH_MAX, (wchar_t *) outname);
-
-		/*
-		 * We stripped '.'s before and set len appropriately,
-		 * but utf8s_to_utf16s doesn't care about len
-		 */
-		*outlen -= (name_len - len);
-
-		if (*outlen > 255)
+		*outlen = utf8s_to_utf16s(name, len, (wchar_t *)outname);
+		if (*outlen < 0)
+			return *outlen;
+		else if (*outlen > 255)
 			return -ENAMETOOLONG;
 
 		op = &outname[*outlen * sizeof(wchar_t)];
diff --git a/fs/nls/nls_base.c b/fs/nls/nls_base.c
index 2224b4d07bf0..44a88a9fa2c8 100644
--- a/fs/nls/nls_base.c
+++ b/fs/nls/nls_base.c
@@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ int utf8s_to_utf16s(const u8 *s, int len, wchar_t *pwcs)
 	while (*s && len > 0) {
 		if (*s & 0x80) {
 			size = utf8_to_utf32(s, len, &u);
-			if (size < 0) {
-				/* Ignore character and move on */
-				size = 1;
-			} else if (u >= PLANE_SIZE) {
+			if (size < 0)
+				return -EINVAL;
+
+			if (u >= PLANE_SIZE) {
 				u -= PLANE_SIZE;
 				*op++ = (wchar_t) (SURROGATE_PAIR |
 						((u >> 10) & SURROGATE_BITS));