diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index 231e970..ff37406 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -1152,3 +1152,41 @@
 	cifs_small_buf_release(req);
 	return rc;
 }
+
+int
+SMB2_flush(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, u64 persistent_fid,
+	   u64 volatile_fid)
+{
+	struct smb2_flush_req *req;
+	struct TCP_Server_Info *server;
+	struct cifs_ses *ses = tcon->ses;
+	struct kvec iov[1];
+	int resp_buftype;
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	cFYI(1, "Flush");
+
+	if (ses && (ses->server))
+		server = ses->server;
+	else
+		return -EIO;
+
+	rc = small_smb2_init(SMB2_FLUSH, tcon, (void **) &req);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+
+	req->PersistentFileId = persistent_fid;
+	req->VolatileFileId = volatile_fid;
+
+	iov[0].iov_base = (char *)req;
+	/* 4 for rfc1002 length field */
+	iov[0].iov_len = get_rfc1002_length(req) + 4;
+
+	rc = SendReceive2(xid, ses, iov, 1, &resp_buftype, 0);
+
+	if ((rc != 0) && tcon)
+		cifs_stats_fail_inc(tcon, SMB2_FLUSH_HE);
+
+	free_rsp_buf(resp_buftype, iov[0].iov_base);
+	return rc;
+}