diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 0487ddb..d850050 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -534,6 +534,30 @@ repeat:
 	return node ? inode : NULL;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+/*
+ * each cpu owns a block of 1024 numbers.
+ * The global 'last_ino' is dirtied once every 1024 allocations
+ */
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, cpu_ino_alloc) = {0};
+static int last_ino_get(void)
+{
+	static atomic_t last_ino;
+	int *ptr = &__raw_get_cpu_var(cpu_ino_alloc);
+
+	if (unlikely((*ptr & 1023) == 0))
+		*ptr = atomic_add_return(1024, &last_ino);
+	return --(*ptr);
+}
+#else
+static int last_ino_get(void)
+{
+	static int last_ino;
+
+	return ++last_ino;
+}
+#endif
+
 /**
  *	new_inode 	- obtain an inode
  *	@sb: superblock
@@ -553,7 +577,6 @@ struct inode *new_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	 * error if st_ino won't fit in target struct field. Use 32bit counter
 	 * here to attempt to avoid that.
 	 */
-	static unsigned int last_ino;
 	struct inode * inode;
 
 	spin_lock_prefetch(&inode_lock);
@@ -564,7 +587,7 @@ struct inode *new_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 		inodes_stat.nr_inodes++;
 		list_add(&inode->i_list, &inode_in_use);
 		list_add(&inode->i_sb_list, &sb->s_inodes);
-		inode->i_ino = ++last_ino;
+		inode->i_ino = last_ino_get();
 		inode->i_state = 0;
 		spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 	}