diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/daemon.c b/fs/cachefiles/daemon.c
index 70caa1946207..3f24905f4066 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/daemon.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/daemon.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ static const struct cachefiles_daemon_cmd cachefiles_daemon_cmds[] = {
 	{ "tag",	cachefiles_daemon_tag		},
 #ifdef CONFIG_CACHEFILES_ONDEMAND
 	{ "copen",	cachefiles_ondemand_copen	},
+	{ "restore",	cachefiles_ondemand_restore	},
 #endif
 	{ "",		NULL				}
 };
diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/internal.h b/fs/cachefiles/internal.h
index 26e5f8f123ef..4a87c9d714a9 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/internal.h
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/internal.h
@@ -303,6 +303,9 @@ extern ssize_t cachefiles_ondemand_daemon_read(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
 extern int cachefiles_ondemand_copen(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
 				     char *args);
 
+extern int cachefiles_ondemand_restore(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
+					char *args);
+
 extern int cachefiles_ondemand_init_object(struct cachefiles_object *object);
 extern void cachefiles_ondemand_clean_object(struct cachefiles_object *object);
 
diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/ondemand.c b/fs/cachefiles/ondemand.c
index 8e130de952f7..b8fbbb1961bb 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/ondemand.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/ondemand.c
@@ -182,6 +182,29 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int cachefiles_ondemand_restore(struct cachefiles_cache *cache, char *args)
+{
+	struct cachefiles_req *req;
+
+	XA_STATE(xas, &cache->reqs, 0);
+
+	if (!test_bit(CACHEFILES_ONDEMAND_MODE, &cache->flags))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	/*
+	 * Reset the requests to CACHEFILES_REQ_NEW state, so that the
+	 * requests have been processed halfway before the crash of the
+	 * user daemon could be reprocessed after the recovery.
+	 */
+	xas_lock(&xas);
+	xas_for_each(&xas, req, ULONG_MAX)
+		xas_set_mark(&xas, CACHEFILES_REQ_NEW);
+	xas_unlock(&xas);
+
+	wake_up_all(&cache->daemon_pollwq);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int cachefiles_ondemand_get_fd(struct cachefiles_req *req)
 {
 	struct cachefiles_object *object;