diff --git a/fs/orangefs/file.c b/fs/orangefs/file.c
index 9b28a7132466..ccef8c9dd516 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/file.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/file.c
@@ -375,84 +375,6 @@ static ssize_t orangefs_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int orangefs_getflags(struct inode *inode, unsigned long *uval)
-{
-	__u64 val = 0;
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = orangefs_inode_getxattr(inode,
-				      "user.pvfs2.meta_hint",
-				      &val, sizeof(val));
-	if (ret < 0 && ret != -ENODATA)
-		return ret;
-	else if (ret == -ENODATA)
-		val = 0;
-	*uval = val;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * Perform a miscellaneous operation on a file.
- */
-static long orangefs_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
-{
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
-	int ret = -ENOTTY;
-	__u64 val = 0;
-	unsigned long uval;
-
-	gossip_debug(GOSSIP_FILE_DEBUG,
-		     "orangefs_ioctl: called with cmd %d\n",
-		     cmd);
-
-	/*
-	 * we understand some general ioctls on files, such as the immutable
-	 * and append flags
-	 */
-	if (cmd == FS_IOC_GETFLAGS) {
-		ret = orangefs_getflags(inode, &uval);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-		gossip_debug(GOSSIP_FILE_DEBUG,
-			     "orangefs_ioctl: FS_IOC_GETFLAGS: %llu\n",
-			     (unsigned long long)uval);
-		return put_user(uval, (int __user *)arg);
-	} else if (cmd == FS_IOC_SETFLAGS) {
-		unsigned long old_uval;
-
-		ret = 0;
-		if (get_user(uval, (int __user *)arg))
-			return -EFAULT;
-		/*
-		 * ORANGEFS_MIRROR_FL is set internally when the mirroring mode
-		 * is turned on for a file. The user is not allowed to turn
-		 * on this bit, but the bit is present if the user first gets
-		 * the flags and then updates the flags with some new
-		 * settings. So, we ignore it in the following edit. bligon.
-		 */
-		if ((uval & ~ORANGEFS_MIRROR_FL) &
-		    (~(FS_IMMUTABLE_FL | FS_APPEND_FL | FS_NOATIME_FL))) {
-			gossip_err("orangefs_ioctl: the FS_IOC_SETFLAGS only supports setting one of FS_IMMUTABLE_FL|FS_APPEND_FL|FS_NOATIME_FL\n");
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
-		ret = orangefs_getflags(inode, &old_uval);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-		ret = vfs_ioc_setflags_prepare(inode, old_uval, uval);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-		val = uval;
-		gossip_debug(GOSSIP_FILE_DEBUG,
-			     "orangefs_ioctl: FS_IOC_SETFLAGS: %llu\n",
-			     (unsigned long long)val);
-		ret = orangefs_inode_setxattr(inode,
-					      "user.pvfs2.meta_hint",
-					      &val, sizeof(val), 0);
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static vm_fault_t orangefs_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
 	struct file *file = vmf->vma->vm_file;
@@ -657,7 +579,6 @@ const struct file_operations orangefs_file_operations = {
 	.read_iter	= orangefs_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter	= orangefs_file_write_iter,
 	.lock		= orangefs_lock,
-	.unlocked_ioctl	= orangefs_ioctl,
 	.mmap		= orangefs_file_mmap,
 	.open		= generic_file_open,
 	.splice_read    = generic_file_splice_read,
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/inode.c b/fs/orangefs/inode.c
index 5079cfafa8d7..63d420d091f8 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/inode.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/bvec.h>
+#include <linux/miscattr.h>
 #include "protocol.h"
 #include "orangefs-kernel.h"
 #include "orangefs-bufmap.h"
@@ -954,6 +955,53 @@ int orangefs_update_time(struct inode *inode, struct timespec64 *time, int flags
 	return __orangefs_setattr(inode, &iattr);
 }
 
+static int orangefs_miscattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, struct miscattr *ma)
+{
+	u64 val = 0;
+	int ret;
+
+	gossip_debug(GOSSIP_FILE_DEBUG, "%s: called on %pd\n", __func__,
+		     dentry);
+
+	ret = orangefs_inode_getxattr(d_inode(dentry),
+				      "user.pvfs2.meta_hint",
+				      &val, sizeof(val));
+	if (ret < 0 && ret != -ENODATA)
+		return ret;
+
+	gossip_debug(GOSSIP_FILE_DEBUG, "%s: flags=%u\n", __func__, (u32) val);
+
+	miscattr_fill_flags(ma, val);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int orangefs_miscattr_set(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
+				 struct dentry *dentry, struct miscattr *ma)
+{
+	u64 val = 0;
+
+	gossip_debug(GOSSIP_FILE_DEBUG, "%s: called on %pd\n", __func__,
+		     dentry);
+	/*
+	 * ORANGEFS_MIRROR_FL is set internally when the mirroring mode is
+	 * turned on for a file. The user is not allowed to turn on this bit,
+	 * but the bit is present if the user first gets the flags and then
+	 * updates the flags with some new settings. So, we ignore it in the
+	 * following edit. bligon.
+	 */
+	if (miscattr_has_xattr(ma) ||
+	    (ma->flags & ~(FS_IMMUTABLE_FL | FS_APPEND_FL | FS_NOATIME_FL | ORANGEFS_MIRROR_FL))) {
+		gossip_err("%s: only supports setting one of FS_IMMUTABLE_FL|FS_APPEND_FL|FS_NOATIME_FL\n",
+			   __func__);
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
+	val = ma->flags;
+	gossip_debug(GOSSIP_FILE_DEBUG, "%s: flags=%u\n", __func__, (u32) val);
+	return orangefs_inode_setxattr(d_inode(dentry),
+				       "user.pvfs2.meta_hint",
+				       &val, sizeof(val), 0);
+}
+
 /* ORANGEFS2 implementation of VFS inode operations for files */
 static const struct inode_operations orangefs_file_inode_operations = {
 	.get_acl = orangefs_get_acl,
@@ -963,6 +1011,8 @@ static const struct inode_operations orangefs_file_inode_operations = {
 	.listxattr = orangefs_listxattr,
 	.permission = orangefs_permission,
 	.update_time = orangefs_update_time,
+	.miscattr_get = orangefs_miscattr_get,
+	.miscattr_set = orangefs_miscattr_set,
 };
 
 static int orangefs_init_iops(struct inode *inode)
