1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c b/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c
index c1b254487388..3cc1b251ca08 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c
@@ -556,6 +556,7 @@ init_cifs_idmap(void)
 
         /* instruct request_key() to use this special keyring as a cache for
          * the results it looks up */
+        set_bit(KEY_FLAG_ROOT_CAN_CLEAR, &keyring->flags);
         cred->thread_keyring = keyring;
         cred->jit_keyring = KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_THREAD_KEYRING;
         root_cred = cred;