diff --git a/fs/readdir.c b/fs/readdir.c
index 7764b8638978..73707b6816e9 100644
--- a/fs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/readdir.c
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(getdents, unsigned int, fd,
 	struct getdents_callback buf = {
 		.ctx.actor = filldir,
 		.ctx.count = count,
+		.ctx.dt_flags_mask = FILLDIR_FLAG_NOINTR,
 		.current_dir = dirent
 	};
 	int error;
@@ -400,6 +401,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(getdents64, unsigned int, fd,
 	struct getdents_callback64 buf = {
 		.ctx.actor = filldir64,
 		.ctx.count = count,
+		.ctx.dt_flags_mask = FILLDIR_FLAG_NOINTR,
 		.current_dir = dirent
 	};
 	int error;
@@ -569,6 +571,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE3(getdents, unsigned int, fd,
 	struct compat_getdents_callback buf = {
 		.ctx.actor = compat_filldir,
 		.ctx.count = count,
+		.ctx.dt_flags_mask = FILLDIR_FLAG_NOINTR,
 		.current_dir = dirent,
 	};
 	int error;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index f5c9cf28c4dc..a01621fa636a 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1855,6 +1855,8 @@ struct dir_context {
 	 * INT_MAX  unlimited
 	 */
 	int count;
+	/* @actor supports these flags in d_type high bits */
+	unsigned int dt_flags_mask;
 };
 
 /* If OR-ed with d_type, pending signals are not checked */
@@ -3524,7 +3526,9 @@ static inline bool dir_emit(struct dir_context *ctx,
 			    const char *name, int namelen,
 			    u64 ino, unsigned type)
 {
-	return ctx->actor(ctx, name, namelen, ctx->pos, ino, type);
+	unsigned int dt_mask = S_DT_MASK | ctx->dt_flags_mask;
+
+	return ctx->actor(ctx, name, namelen, ctx->pos, ino, type & dt_mask);
 }
 static inline bool dir_emit_dot(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {