diff -urp vboxvfs.old/utils.c vboxvfs/utils.c
--- vboxvfs.old/utils.c	2009-12-29 21:28:05.000000000 +0100
+++ vboxvfs/utils.c	2009-12-29 22:17:19.000000000 +0100
@@ -49,6 +49,21 @@ static struct backing_dev_info sf_backin
                        | BDI_CAP_EXEC_MAP,     /* can be mapped for execution */
 # endif
 };
+
+int sf_bdi_init (const struct vbsf_mount_info_new *info)
+{
+        int err;
+
+        err = bdi_init (&sf_backing_dev_info);
+        if (!err)
+                err = bdi_register (&sf_backing_dev_info, NULL, "vboxvfs-%s", info->name);
+        return err;
+}
+
+void sf_bdi_destroy (void)
+{
+        bdi_destroy (&sf_backing_dev_info);
+}
 #endif /* LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION (2, 6, 0) */
 
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION (2, 6, 0)
diff -urp vboxvfs.old/vfsmod.c vboxvfs/vfsmod.c
--- vboxvfs.old/vfsmod.c	2009-12-29 21:27:25.000000000 +0100
+++ vboxvfs/vfsmod.c	2009-12-29 22:14:03.000000000 +0100
@@ -286,6 +286,14 @@ sf_read_super_aux (struct super_block *s
                 goto fail3;
         }
 
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION (2, 6, 0)
+        if (sf_bdi_init (info)) {
+                err = -ENOMEM;  /* XXX */
+                LogFunc(("could not init bdi\n"));
+                goto fail4;
+        }
+#endif
+
         sf_init_inode (sf_g, iroot, &fsinfo);
         SET_INODE_INFO (iroot, sf_i);
 
@@ -297,13 +305,15 @@ sf_read_super_aux (struct super_block *s
         if (!droot) {
                 err = -ENOMEM;  /* XXX */
                 LogFunc(("d_alloc_root failed\n"));
-                goto fail4;
+                goto fail5;
         }
 
         sb->s_root = droot;
         SET_GLOB_INFO (sb, sf_g);
         return 0;
 
+ fail5:
+        sf_bdi_destroy ();
  fail4:
         iput (iroot);
  fail3:
@@ -369,6 +379,9 @@ sf_put_super (struct super_block *sb)
 {
         struct sf_glob_info *sf_g;
 
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION (2, 6, 0)
+        sf_bdi_destroy ();
+#endif
         sf_g = GET_GLOB_INFO (sb);
         BUG_ON (!sf_g);
         sf_glob_free (sf_g);
diff -urp vboxvfs.old/vfsmod.h vboxvfs/vfsmod.h
--- vboxvfs.old/vfsmod.h	2009-12-29 21:27:25.000000000 +0100
+++ vboxvfs/vfsmod.h	2009-12-29 22:17:14.000000000 +0100
@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ extern struct address_space_operations s
 extern void
 sf_init_inode (struct sf_glob_info *sf_g, struct inode *inode,
                RTFSOBJINFO *info);
+
+extern int
+sf_bdi_init (const struct vbsf_mount_info_new *info);
+
+extern void
+sf_bdi_destroy (void);
+
 extern int
 sf_stat (const char *caller, struct sf_glob_info *sf_g,
          SHFLSTRING *path, RTFSOBJINFO *result, int ok_to_fail);