diff --git a/exfat_fs.h b/exfat_fs.h
index 5e77d021f39a..31f95c751744 100644
--- a/exfat_fs.h
+++ b/exfat_fs.h
@@ -233,7 +233,8 @@ struct exfat_sb_info {
 	unsigned int num_FAT_sectors; /* num of FAT sectors */
 	unsigned int root_dir; /* root dir cluster */
 	unsigned int dentries_per_clu; /* num of dentries per cluster */
-	unsigned int vol_flag; /* volume dirty flag */
+	unsigned int vol_flags; /* volume flags */
+	unsigned int vol_flags_persistent; /* volume flags to retain */
 	struct buffer_head *boot_bh; /* buffer_head of BOOT sector */
 
 	unsigned int map_clu; /* allocation bitmap start cluster */
@@ -393,7 +394,8 @@ static inline int exfat_sector_to_cluster(struct exfat_sb_info *sbi,
 }
 
 /* super.c */
-int exfat_set_vol_flags(struct super_block *sb, unsigned short new_flag);
+int exfat_set_volume_dirty(struct super_block *sb);
+int exfat_clear_volume_dirty(struct super_block *sb);
 
 /* fatent.c */
 #define exfat_get_next_cluster(sb, pclu) exfat_ent_get(sb, *(pclu), pclu)
diff --git a/exfat_raw.h b/exfat_raw.h
index 350ce59cc324..6aec6288e1f2 100644
--- a/exfat_raw.h
+++ b/exfat_raw.h
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@
 
 #define EXFAT_MAX_FILE_LEN	255
 
-#define VOL_CLEAN		0x0000
-#define VOL_DIRTY		0x0002
-#define ERR_MEDIUM		0x0004
+#define VOLUME_DIRTY		0x0002
+#define MEDIA_FAILURE		0x0004
 
 #define EXFAT_EOF_CLUSTER	0xFFFFFFFFu
 #define EXFAT_BAD_CLUSTER	0xFFFFFFF7u
diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
index 999a30407561..f0596e0e15c7 100644
--- a/file.c
+++ b/file.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ int __exfat_truncate(struct inode *inode, loff_t new_size)
 	if (ei->type != TYPE_FILE && ei->type != TYPE_DIR)
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	exfat_set_vol_flags(sb, VOL_DIRTY);
+	exfat_set_volume_dirty(sb);
 
 	num_clusters_new = EXFAT_B_TO_CLU_ROUND_UP(i_size_read(inode), sbi);
 	num_clusters_phys =
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ int __exfat_truncate(struct inode *inode, loff_t new_size)
 	if (exfat_free_cluster(inode, &clu))
 		return -EIO;
 
-	exfat_set_vol_flags(sb, VOL_CLEAN);
+	exfat_clear_volume_dirty(sb);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/inode.c b/inode.c
index 541d634a9304..25bfe274b9c9 100644
--- a/inode.c
+++ b/inode.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static int __exfat_write_inode(struct inode *inode, int sync)
 	if (is_dir && ei->dir.dir == sbi->root_dir && ei->entry == -1)
 		return 0;
 
-	exfat_set_vol_flags(sb, VOL_DIRTY);
+	exfat_set_volume_dirty(sb);
 
 	/* get the directory entry of given file or directory */
 	es = exfat_get_dentry_set(sb, &(ei->dir), ei->entry, ES_ALL_ENTRIES);
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static int exfat_map_cluster(struct inode *inode, unsigned int clu_offset,
 	}
 
 	if (*clu == EXFAT_EOF_CLUSTER) {
-		exfat_set_vol_flags(sb, VOL_DIRTY);
+		exfat_set_volume_dirty(sb);
 
 		new_clu.dir = (last_clu == EXFAT_EOF_CLUSTER) ?
 				EXFAT_EOF_CLUSTER : last_clu + 1;
diff --git a/namei.c b/namei.c
index e2d8e0bc65e1..f6aa8f4e5f5e 100644
--- a/namei.c
+++ b/namei.c
@@ -589,10 +589,10 @@ static int exfat_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 	int err;
 
 	mutex_lock(&EXFAT_SB(sb)->s_lock);
-	exfat_set_vol_flags(sb, VOL_DIRTY);
+	exfat_set_volume_dirty(sb);
 	err = exfat_add_entry(dir, dentry->d_name.name, &cdir, TYPE_FILE,
 		&info);
-	exfat_set_vol_flags(sb, VOL_CLEAN);
+	exfat_clear_volume_dirty(sb);
 	if (err)
 		goto unlock;
 
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ static int exfat_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	num_entries++;
 	brelse(bh);
 
-	exfat_set_vol_flags(sb, VOL_DIRTY);
+	exfat_set_volume_dirty(sb);
 	/* update the directory entry */
 	if (exfat_remove_entries(dir, &cdir, entry, 0, num_entries)) {
 		err = -EIO;
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ static int exfat_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 	/* This doesn't modify ei */
 	ei->dir.dir = DIR_DELETED;
-	exfat_set_vol_flags(sb, VOL_CLEAN);
+	exfat_clear_volume_dirty(sb);
 
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 16, 0)
 	inode_inc_iversion(dir);
@@ -946,10 +946,10 @@ static int exfat_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 	int err;
 
 	mutex_lock(&EXFAT_SB(sb)->s_lock);
-	exfat_set_vol_flags(sb, VOL_DIRTY);
+	exfat_set_volume_dirty(sb);
 	err = exfat_add_entry(dir, dentry->d_name.name, &cdir, TYPE_DIR,
 		&info);
-	exfat_set_vol_flags(sb, VOL_CLEAN);
+	exfat_clear_volume_dirty(sb);
 	if (err)
 		goto unlock;
 
@@ -1092,14 +1092,14 @@ static int exfat_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	num_entries++;
 	brelse(bh);
 
-	exfat_set_vol_flags(sb, VOL_DIRTY);
+	exfat_set_volume_dirty(sb);
 	err = exfat_remove_entries(dir, &cdir, entry, 0, num_entries);
 	if (err) {
 		exfat_err(sb, "failed to exfat_remove_entries : err(%d)", err);
 		goto unlock;
 	}
 	ei->dir.dir = DIR_DELETED;
-	exfat_set_vol_flags(sb, VOL_CLEAN);
+	exfat_clear_volume_dirty(sb);
 
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 16, 0)
 	inode_inc_iversion(dir);
@@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ static int __exfat_rename(struct inode *old_parent_inode,
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
-	exfat_set_vol_flags(sb, VOL_DIRTY);
+	exfat_set_volume_dirty(sb);
 
 	if (olddir.dir == newdir.dir)
 		ret = exfat_rename_file(new_parent_inode, &olddir, dentry,
@@ -1462,7 +1462,7 @@ del_out:
 		 */
 		new_ei->dir.dir = DIR_DELETED;
 	}
-	exfat_set_vol_flags(sb, VOL_CLEAN);
+	exfat_clear_volume_dirty(sb);
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/super.c b/super.c
index 52a81898eab9..5014c13c6382 100644
--- a/super.c
+++ b/super.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static int exfat_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 	/* If there are some dirty buffers in the bdev inode */
 	mutex_lock(&sbi->s_lock);
 	sync_blockdev(sb->s_bdev);
-	if (exfat_set_vol_flags(sb, VOL_CLEAN))
+	if (exfat_clear_volume_dirty(sb))
 		err = -EIO;
 	mutex_unlock(&sbi->s_lock);
 	return err;
@@ -109,17 +109,20 @@ static int exfat_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int exfat_set_vol_flags(struct super_block *sb, unsigned short new_flag)
+static int exfat_set_vol_flags(struct super_block *sb, unsigned short new_flags)
 {
 	struct exfat_sb_info *sbi = EXFAT_SB(sb);
 	struct boot_sector *p_boot = (struct boot_sector *)sbi->boot_bh->b_data;
 	bool sync;
 
+	/* retain persistent-flags */
+	new_flags |= sbi->vol_flags_persistent;
+
 	/* flags are not changed */
-	if (sbi->vol_flag == new_flag)
+	if (sbi->vol_flags == new_flags)
 		return 0;
 
-	sbi->vol_flag = new_flag;
+	sbi->vol_flags = new_flags;
 
 	/* skip updating volume dirty flag,
 	 * if this volume has been mounted with read-only
@@ -131,9 +134,9 @@ int exfat_set_vol_flags(struct super_block *sb, unsigned short new_flag)
 #endif
 		return 0;
 
-	p_boot->vol_flags = cpu_to_le16(new_flag);
+	p_boot->vol_flags = cpu_to_le16(new_flags);
 
-	if (new_flag == VOL_DIRTY && !buffer_dirty(sbi->boot_bh))
+	if ((new_flags & VOLUME_DIRTY) && !buffer_dirty(sbi->boot_bh))
 		sync = true;
 	else
 		sync = false;
@@ -146,6 +149,20 @@ int exfat_set_vol_flags(struct super_block *sb, unsigned short new_flag)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int exfat_set_volume_dirty(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	struct exfat_sb_info *sbi = EXFAT_SB(sb);
+
+	return exfat_set_vol_flags(sb, sbi->vol_flags | VOLUME_DIRTY);
+}
+
+int exfat_clear_volume_dirty(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	struct exfat_sb_info *sbi = EXFAT_SB(sb);
+
+	return exfat_set_vol_flags(sb, sbi->vol_flags & ~VOLUME_DIRTY);
+}
+
 static int exfat_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct dentry *root)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = root->d_sb;
@@ -702,7 +719,8 @@ static int exfat_read_boot_sector(struct super_block *sb)
 	sbi->dentries_per_clu = 1 <<
 		(sbi->cluster_size_bits - DENTRY_SIZE_BITS);
 
-	sbi->vol_flag = le16_to_cpu(p_boot->vol_flags);
+	sbi->vol_flags = le16_to_cpu(p_boot->vol_flags);
+	sbi->vol_flags_persistent = sbi->vol_flags & (VOLUME_DIRTY | MEDIA_FAILURE);
 	sbi->clu_srch_ptr = EXFAT_FIRST_CLUSTER;
 	sbi->used_clusters = EXFAT_CLUSTERS_UNTRACKED;
 
@@ -717,9 +735,9 @@ static int exfat_read_boot_sector(struct super_block *sb)
 		exfat_err(sb, "bogus data start sector");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	if (sbi->vol_flag & VOL_DIRTY)
+	if (sbi->vol_flags & VOLUME_DIRTY)
 		exfat_warn(sb, "Volume was not properly unmounted. Some data may be corrupt. Please run fsck.");
-	if (sbi->vol_flag & ERR_MEDIUM)
+	if (sbi->vol_flags & MEDIA_FAILURE)
 		exfat_warn(sb, "Medium has reported failures. Some data may be lost.");
 
 	/* exFAT file size is limited by a disk volume size */