diff --git a/fuse-overlayfs.h b/fuse-overlayfs.h
index 27e29ab..89fbaa1 100644
--- a/fuse-overlayfs.h
+++ b/fuse-overlayfs.h
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ struct ovl_data
   int squash_to_gid;
   int static_nlink;
 
+  int volatile_mode;
+
   /* current uid/gid*/
   uid_t uid;
   uid_t gid;
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index e7c9208..a171ff7 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static const struct fuse_opt ovl_opts[] = {
   {"static_nlink",
    offsetof (struct ovl_data, static_nlink), 1},
   {"volatile",  /* native overlay supports "volatile" to mean fsync=0.  */
-   offsetof (struct ovl_data, fsync), 0},
+   offsetof (struct ovl_data, volatile_mode), 1},
   {"noacl",
    offsetof (struct ovl_data, noacl), 1},
   FUSE_OPT_END
@@ -5555,6 +5555,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
                         .timeout = 1000000000.0,
                         .timeout_str = NULL,
                         .writeback = 1,
+                        .volatile_mode = 0,
   };
   struct fuse_loop_config fuse_conf = {
                                        .clone_fd = 1,
@@ -5618,6 +5619,9 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   set_limits ();
   check_can_mknod (&lo);
 
+  if (lo.volatile_mode)
+    lo.fsync = 0;
+
   if (lo.debug)
     {
       fprintf (stderr, "uid=%s\n", lo.uid_str ? : "unchanged");