diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/caching/fscache.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/fscache.txt
index 9cf2cfbc81c98f95e211e6982e1ed123d0d5d4ef..057a3c71d524925fe500961ffdd01947d08e5a14 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/caching/fscache.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/fscache.txt
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ proc files.
 		run=N	Number of times async ops given CPU time
 		enq=N	Number of times async ops queued for processing
 		can=N	Number of async ops cancelled
+		rej=N	Number of async ops rejected due to object lookup/create failure
 		dfr=N	Number of async ops queued for deferred release
 		rel=N	Number of async ops released
 		gc=N	Number of deferred-release async ops garbage collected
diff --git a/fs/fscache/internal.h b/fs/fscache/internal.h
index ba1853fa1ff93934fad9926055fa3326fb92d2cd..a0769872b19cc03da608508716862432e1e262bb 100644
--- a/fs/fscache/internal.h
+++ b/fs/fscache/internal.h
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ extern atomic_t fscache_n_op_deferred_release;
 extern atomic_t fscache_n_op_release;
 extern atomic_t fscache_n_op_gc;
 extern atomic_t fscache_n_op_cancelled;
+extern atomic_t fscache_n_op_rejected;
 
 extern atomic_t fscache_n_attr_changed;
 extern atomic_t fscache_n_attr_changed_ok;
diff --git a/fs/fscache/operation.c b/fs/fscache/operation.c
index 296492efb81b74ede679a326b7ccff4d1b86a29f..313e79a14266e69e2a47aafdffefc89b29f510df 100644
--- a/fs/fscache/operation.c
+++ b/fs/fscache/operation.c
@@ -232,6 +232,11 @@ int fscache_submit_op(struct fscache_object *object,
 		list_add_tail(&op->pend_link, &object->pending_ops);
 		fscache_stat(&fscache_n_op_pend);
 		ret = 0;
+	} else if (object->state == FSCACHE_OBJECT_DYING ||
+		   object->state == FSCACHE_OBJECT_LC_DYING ||
+		   object->state == FSCACHE_OBJECT_WITHDRAWING) {
+		fscache_stat(&fscache_n_op_rejected);
+		ret = -ENOBUFS;
 	} else if (!test_bit(FSCACHE_IOERROR, &object->cache->flags)) {
 		fscache_report_unexpected_submission(object, op, ostate);
 		ASSERT(!fscache_object_is_active(object));
diff --git a/fs/fscache/stats.c b/fs/fscache/stats.c
index 1d53ea68409e437d29165b8c35c8214a2eedb6aa..045ba396dbf23b4da43b797acbb98e2a0c72c330 100644
--- a/fs/fscache/stats.c
+++ b/fs/fscache/stats.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ atomic_t fscache_n_op_deferred_release;
 atomic_t fscache_n_op_release;
 atomic_t fscache_n_op_gc;
 atomic_t fscache_n_op_cancelled;
+atomic_t fscache_n_op_rejected;
 
 atomic_t fscache_n_attr_changed;
 atomic_t fscache_n_attr_changed_ok;
@@ -210,11 +211,12 @@ static int fscache_stats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 		   atomic_read(&fscache_n_store_radix_deletes),
 		   atomic_read(&fscache_n_store_pages_over_limit));
 
-	seq_printf(m, "Ops    : pend=%u run=%u enq=%u can=%u\n",
+	seq_printf(m, "Ops    : pend=%u run=%u enq=%u can=%u rej=%u\n",
 		   atomic_read(&fscache_n_op_pend),
 		   atomic_read(&fscache_n_op_run),
 		   atomic_read(&fscache_n_op_enqueue),
-		   atomic_read(&fscache_n_op_cancelled));
+		   atomic_read(&fscache_n_op_cancelled),
+		   atomic_read(&fscache_n_op_rejected));
 	seq_printf(m, "Ops    : dfr=%u rel=%u gc=%u\n",
 		   atomic_read(&fscache_n_op_deferred_release),
 		   atomic_read(&fscache_n_op_release),