diff --git a/fs/exfat/dir.c b/fs/exfat/dir.c
index 158427e8124e116b12a5b9439dc84ba256d138ea..957574180a5e3e0e80b7830ecf8ec51b989a3e60 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/dir.c
+++ b/fs/exfat/dir.c
@@ -29,14 +29,15 @@ static int exfat_extract_uni_name(struct exfat_dentry *ep,
 
 }
 
-static void exfat_get_uniname_from_ext_entry(struct super_block *sb,
+static int exfat_get_uniname_from_ext_entry(struct super_block *sb,
 		struct exfat_chain *p_dir, int entry, unsigned short *uniname)
 {
-	int i;
+	int i, err;
 	struct exfat_entry_set_cache es;
 
-	if (exfat_get_dentry_set(&es, sb, p_dir, entry, ES_ALL_ENTRIES))
-		return;
+	err = exfat_get_dentry_set(&es, sb, p_dir, entry, ES_ALL_ENTRIES);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
 	/*
 	 * First entry  : file entry
@@ -56,12 +57,13 @@ static void exfat_get_uniname_from_ext_entry(struct super_block *sb,
 	}
 
 	exfat_put_dentry_set(&es, false);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* read a directory entry from the opened directory */
 static int exfat_readdir(struct inode *inode, loff_t *cpos, struct exfat_dir_entry *dir_entry)
 {
-	int i, dentries_per_clu, num_ext;
+	int i, dentries_per_clu, num_ext, err;
 	unsigned int type, clu_offset, max_dentries;
 	struct exfat_chain dir, clu;
 	struct exfat_uni_name uni_name;
@@ -146,8 +148,12 @@ static int exfat_readdir(struct inode *inode, loff_t *cpos, struct exfat_dir_ent
 					0);
 
 			*uni_name.name = 0x0;
-			exfat_get_uniname_from_ext_entry(sb, &clu, i,
+			err = exfat_get_uniname_from_ext_entry(sb, &clu, i,
 				uni_name.name);
+			if (err) {
+				brelse(bh);
+				continue;
+			}
 			exfat_utf16_to_nls(sb, &uni_name,
 				dir_entry->namebuf.lfn,
 				dir_entry->namebuf.lfnbuf_len);
@@ -375,6 +381,12 @@ unsigned int exfat_get_entry_type(struct exfat_dentry *ep)
 			return TYPE_ACL;
 		return TYPE_CRITICAL_SEC;
 	}
+
+	if (ep->type == EXFAT_VENDOR_EXT)
+		return TYPE_VENDOR_EXT;
+	if (ep->type == EXFAT_VENDOR_ALLOC)
+		return TYPE_VENDOR_ALLOC;
+
 	return TYPE_BENIGN_SEC;
 }
 
@@ -518,6 +530,25 @@ int exfat_update_dir_chksum(struct inode *inode, struct exfat_chain *p_dir,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void exfat_free_benign_secondary_clusters(struct inode *inode,
+		struct exfat_dentry *ep)
+{
+	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
+	struct exfat_chain dir;
+	unsigned int start_clu =
+		le32_to_cpu(ep->dentry.generic_secondary.start_clu);
+	u64 size = le64_to_cpu(ep->dentry.generic_secondary.size);
+	unsigned char flags = ep->dentry.generic_secondary.flags;
+
+	if (!(flags & ALLOC_POSSIBLE) || !start_clu || !size)
+		return;
+
+	exfat_chain_set(&dir, start_clu,
+			EXFAT_B_TO_CLU_ROUND_UP(size, EXFAT_SB(sb)),
+			flags);
+	exfat_free_cluster(inode, &dir);
+}
+
 int exfat_init_ext_entry(struct inode *inode, struct exfat_chain *p_dir,
 		int entry, int num_entries, struct exfat_uni_name *p_uniname)
 {
@@ -550,6 +581,9 @@ int exfat_init_ext_entry(struct inode *inode, struct exfat_chain *p_dir,
 		if (!ep)
 			return -EIO;
 
+		if (exfat_get_entry_type(ep) & TYPE_BENIGN_SEC)
+			exfat_free_benign_secondary_clusters(inode, ep);
+
 		exfat_init_name_entry(ep, uniname);
 		exfat_update_bh(bh, sync);
 		brelse(bh);
@@ -573,6 +607,9 @@ int exfat_remove_entries(struct inode *inode, struct exfat_chain *p_dir,
 		if (!ep)
 			return -EIO;
 
+		if (exfat_get_entry_type(ep) & TYPE_BENIGN_SEC)
+			exfat_free_benign_secondary_clusters(inode, ep);
+
 		exfat_set_entry_type(ep, TYPE_DELETED);
 		exfat_update_bh(bh, IS_DIRSYNC(inode));
 		brelse(bh);
@@ -741,6 +778,7 @@ enum exfat_validate_dentry_mode {
 	ES_MODE_GET_STRM_ENTRY,
 	ES_MODE_GET_NAME_ENTRY,
 	ES_MODE_GET_CRITICAL_SEC_ENTRY,
+	ES_MODE_GET_BENIGN_SEC_ENTRY,
 };
 
 static bool exfat_validate_entry(unsigned int type,
@@ -754,36 +792,33 @@ static bool exfat_validate_entry(unsigned int type,
 		if  (type != TYPE_FILE && type != TYPE_DIR)
 			return false;
 		*mode = ES_MODE_GET_FILE_ENTRY;
-		return true;
+		break;
 	case ES_MODE_GET_FILE_ENTRY:
 		if (type != TYPE_STREAM)
 			return false;
 		*mode = ES_MODE_GET_STRM_ENTRY;
-		return true;
+		break;
 	case ES_MODE_GET_STRM_ENTRY:
 		if (type != TYPE_EXTEND)
 			return false;
 		*mode = ES_MODE_GET_NAME_ENTRY;
-		return true;
+		break;
 	case ES_MODE_GET_NAME_ENTRY:
-		if (type == TYPE_STREAM)
+		if (type & TYPE_BENIGN_SEC)
+			*mode = ES_MODE_GET_BENIGN_SEC_ENTRY;
+		else if (type != TYPE_EXTEND)
 			return false;
-		if (type != TYPE_EXTEND) {
-			if (!(type & TYPE_CRITICAL_SEC))
-				return false;
-			*mode = ES_MODE_GET_CRITICAL_SEC_ENTRY;
-		}
-		return true;
-	case ES_MODE_GET_CRITICAL_SEC_ENTRY:
-		if (type == TYPE_EXTEND || type == TYPE_STREAM)
-			return false;
-		if ((type & TYPE_CRITICAL_SEC) != TYPE_CRITICAL_SEC)
+		break;
+	case ES_MODE_GET_BENIGN_SEC_ENTRY:
+		/* Assume unreconized benign secondary entry */
+		if (!(type & TYPE_BENIGN_SEC))
 			return false;
-		return true;
+		break;
 	default:
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 		return false;
 	}
+
+	return true;
 }
 
 struct exfat_dentry *exfat_get_dentry_cached(
@@ -1164,10 +1199,8 @@ int exfat_count_ext_entries(struct super_block *sb, struct exfat_chain *p_dir,
 
 		type = exfat_get_entry_type(ext_ep);
 		brelse(bh);
-		if (type == TYPE_EXTEND || type == TYPE_STREAM)
+		if (type & TYPE_CRITICAL_SEC || type & TYPE_BENIGN_SEC)
 			count++;
-		else
-			break;
 	}
 	return count;
 }
diff --git a/fs/exfat/exfat_fs.h b/fs/exfat/exfat_fs.h
index 25a5df0fdfe0191b19a90d08dc419095d8479c80..8a399e234aab311ac86612ef29c455cbedc175d2 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/exfat_fs.h
+++ b/fs/exfat/exfat_fs.h
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ enum {
 #define TYPE_PADDING		0x0402
 #define TYPE_ACLTAB		0x0403
 #define TYPE_BENIGN_SEC		0x0800
+#define TYPE_VENDOR_EXT		0x0801
+#define TYPE_VENDOR_ALLOC	0x0802
 
 #define MAX_CHARSET_SIZE	6 /* max size of multi-byte character */
 #define MAX_NAME_LENGTH		255 /* max len of file name excluding NULL */
diff --git a/fs/exfat/exfat_raw.h b/fs/exfat/exfat_raw.h
index 7f39b1c6469c4e6938fc855ee4cd7a51ede9ec57..0ece2e43cf492c3a0fcc3dec0821623d9dcf485b 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/exfat_raw.h
+++ b/fs/exfat/exfat_raw.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 	((sbi)->num_clusters - EXFAT_RESERVED_CLUSTERS)
 
 /* AllocationPossible and NoFatChain field in GeneralSecondaryFlags Field */
+#define ALLOC_POSSIBLE		0x01
 #define ALLOC_FAT_CHAIN		0x01
 #define ALLOC_NO_FAT_CHAIN	0x03
 
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@
 #define EXFAT_STREAM		0xC0	/* stream entry */
 #define EXFAT_NAME		0xC1	/* file name entry */
 #define EXFAT_ACL		0xC2	/* stream entry */
+#define EXFAT_VENDOR_EXT	0xE0	/* vendor extension entry */
+#define EXFAT_VENDOR_ALLOC	0xE1	/* vendor allocation entry */
 
 #define IS_EXFAT_CRITICAL_PRI(x)	(x < 0xA0)
 #define IS_EXFAT_BENIGN_PRI(x)		(x < 0xC0)
@@ -155,6 +158,24 @@ struct exfat_dentry {
 			__le32 start_clu;
 			__le64 size;
 		} __packed upcase; /* up-case table directory entry */
+		struct {
+			__u8 flags;
+			__u8 vendor_guid[16];
+			__u8 vendor_defined[14];
+		} __packed vendor_ext; /* vendor extension directory entry */
+		struct {
+			__u8 flags;
+			__u8 vendor_guid[16];
+			__u8 vendor_defined[2];
+			__le32 start_clu;
+			__le64 size;
+		} __packed vendor_alloc; /* vendor allocation directory entry */
+		struct {
+			__u8 flags;
+			__u8 custom_defined[18];
+			__le32 start_clu;
+			__le64 size;
+		} __packed generic_secondary; /* generic secondary directory entry */
 	} __packed dentry;
 } __packed;