diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index b35014ba681b..909eb1e68637 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ enum inode_state_bits {
 	/* reserved wait address bit 3 */
 };
 
-enum inode_state_flags_t {
+enum inode_state_flags_enum {
 	I_NEW			= (1U << __I_NEW),
 	I_SYNC			= (1U << __I_SYNC),
 	I_LRU_ISOLATING         = (1U << __I_LRU_ISOLATING),
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ struct inode {
 #endif
 
 	/* Misc */
-	enum inode_state_flags_t	i_state;
+	enum inode_state_flags_enum i_state;
 	/* 32-bit hole */
 	struct rw_semaphore	i_rwsem;
 
@@ -902,6 +902,80 @@ struct inode {
 	void			*i_private; /* fs or device private pointer */
 } __randomize_layout;
 
+/*
+ * i_state handling
+ *
+ * We hide all of it behind helpers so that we can validate consumers.
+ */
+static inline enum inode_state_flags_enum inode_state_read_once(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return READ_ONCE(inode->i_state);
+}
+
+static inline enum inode_state_flags_enum inode_state_read(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	lockdep_assert_held(&inode->i_lock);
+	return inode->i_state;
+}
+
+static inline void inode_state_set_raw(struct inode *inode,
+				       enum inode_state_flags_enum flags)
+{
+	WRITE_ONCE(inode->i_state, inode->i_state | flags);
+}
+
+static inline void inode_state_set(struct inode *inode,
+				   enum inode_state_flags_enum flags)
+{
+	lockdep_assert_held(&inode->i_lock);
+	inode_state_set_raw(inode, flags);
+}
+
+static inline void inode_state_clear_raw(struct inode *inode,
+					 enum inode_state_flags_enum flags)
+{
+	WRITE_ONCE(inode->i_state, inode->i_state & ~flags);
+}
+
+static inline void inode_state_clear(struct inode *inode,
+				     enum inode_state_flags_enum flags)
+{
+	lockdep_assert_held(&inode->i_lock);
+	inode_state_clear_raw(inode, flags);
+}
+
+static inline void inode_state_assign_raw(struct inode *inode,
+					  enum inode_state_flags_enum flags)
+{
+	WRITE_ONCE(inode->i_state, flags);
+}
+
+static inline void inode_state_assign(struct inode *inode,
+				      enum inode_state_flags_enum flags)
+{
+	lockdep_assert_held(&inode->i_lock);
+	inode_state_assign_raw(inode, flags);
+}
+
+static inline void inode_state_replace_raw(struct inode *inode,
+					   enum inode_state_flags_enum clearflags,
+					   enum inode_state_flags_enum setflags)
+{
+	enum inode_state_flags_enum flags;
+	flags = inode->i_state;
+	flags &= ~clearflags;
+	flags |= setflags;
+	inode_state_assign_raw(inode, flags);
+}
+
+static inline void inode_state_replace(struct inode *inode,
+				       enum inode_state_flags_enum clearflags,
+				       enum inode_state_flags_enum setflags)
+{
+	lockdep_assert_held(&inode->i_lock);
+	inode_state_replace_raw(inode, clearflags, setflags);
+}
+
 static inline void inode_set_cached_link(struct inode *inode, char *link, int linklen)
 {
 	VFS_WARN_ON_INODE(strlen(link) != linklen, inode);