diff --git a/fs/9p/fid.h b/fs/9p/fid.h
index 29281b7c388703d6a6b809823198f37a9405241c..0d6138bee2a3d1ab565ab2d210c0a3f3bf97e4e3 100644
--- a/fs/9p/fid.h
+++ b/fs/9p/fid.h
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ static inline struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_clone(struct dentry *dentry)
 static inline void v9fs_fid_add_modes(struct p9_fid *fid, unsigned int s_flags,
 	unsigned int s_cache, unsigned int f_flags)
 {
-	if (fid->qid.type != P9_QTFILE)
-		return;
-
 	if ((!s_cache) ||
 	   ((fid->qid.version == 0) && !(s_flags & V9FS_IGNORE_QV)) ||
 	   (s_flags & V9FS_DIRECT_IO) || (f_flags & O_DIRECT)) {
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
index abdbbaee51846218d807033a30c98394a0c213b6..348cc90bf9c56b7184dbac73faffe8d5f3d2762e 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ const struct file_operations v9fs_file_operations = {
 	.splice_read = v9fs_file_splice_read,
 	.splice_write = iter_file_splice_write,
 	.fsync = v9fs_file_fsync,
+	.setlease = simple_nosetlease,
 };
 
 const struct file_operations v9fs_file_operations_dotl = {
@@ -534,4 +535,5 @@ const struct file_operations v9fs_file_operations_dotl = {
 	.splice_read = v9fs_file_splice_read,
 	.splice_write = iter_file_splice_write,
 	.fsync = v9fs_file_fsync_dotl,
+	.setlease = simple_nosetlease,
 };
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index b01b1bbf24937168f6fdabe920ddbad0bae3e5d9..47bd77199e20c83a3c7554d5dc592697080b7885 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static int p9mode2perm(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
 	int res;
 	int mode = stat->mode;
 
-	res = mode & S_IALLUGO;
+	res = mode & 0777; /* S_IRWXUGO */
 	if (v9fs_proto_dotu(v9ses)) {
 		if ((mode & P9_DMSETUID) == P9_DMSETUID)
 			res |= S_ISUID;
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ int v9fs_uflags2omode(int uflags, int extended)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	if (uflags & O_TRUNC)
+		ret |= P9_OTRUNC;
+
 	if (extended) {
 		if (uflags & O_EXCL)
 			ret |= P9_OEXCL;
@@ -1061,8 +1064,6 @@ v9fs_stat2inode(struct p9_wstat *stat, struct inode *inode,
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = sb->s_fs_info;
 	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
 
-	set_nlink(inode, 1);
-
 	inode_set_atime(inode, stat->atime, 0);
 	inode_set_mtime(inode, stat->mtime, 0);
 	inode_set_ctime(inode, stat->mtime, 0);
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_super.c b/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
index 4236058c7bbd18b726925e808e73bcb6c08edfeb..55e67e36ae682bcf33a66c2f5e7d936e975e8f6f 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
@@ -244,6 +244,21 @@ static int v9fs_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
 	return res;
 }
 
+static int v9fs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
+
+	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
+	if (v9ses->cache & (CACHE_META|CACHE_LOOSE))
+		return generic_drop_inode(inode);
+	/*
+	 * in case of non cached mode always drop the
+	 * inode because we want the inode attribute
+	 * to always match that on the server.
+	 */
+	return 1;
+}
+
 static int v9fs_write_inode(struct inode *inode,
 			    struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
@@ -268,6 +283,7 @@ static const struct super_operations v9fs_super_ops = {
 	.alloc_inode = v9fs_alloc_inode,
 	.free_inode = v9fs_free_inode,
 	.statfs = simple_statfs,
+	.drop_inode = v9fs_drop_inode,
 	.evict_inode = v9fs_evict_inode,
 	.show_options = v9fs_show_options,
 	.umount_begin = v9fs_umount_begin,
@@ -278,6 +294,7 @@ static const struct super_operations v9fs_super_ops_dotl = {
 	.alloc_inode = v9fs_alloc_inode,
 	.free_inode = v9fs_free_inode,
 	.statfs = v9fs_statfs,
+	.drop_inode = v9fs_drop_inode,
 	.evict_inode = v9fs_evict_inode,
 	.show_options = v9fs_show_options,
 	.umount_begin = v9fs_umount_begin,