diff --git a/include/linux/fanotify.h b/include/linux/fanotify.h
index 8a621c1a0991..a97c96d28c07 100644
--- a/include/linux/fanotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/fanotify.h
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@
 				 FAN_MARK_ONLYDIR |\
 				 FAN_MARK_MOUNT |\
 				 FAN_MARK_IGNORED_MASK |\
-				 FAN_MARK_IGNORED_SURV_MODIFY)
+				 FAN_MARK_IGNORED_SURV_MODIFY |\
+				 FAN_MARK_FLUSH)
 
 /*
  * All of the events - we build the list by hand so that we can add flags in