diff --git a/tools/lkl/lklfuse.c b/tools/lkl/lklfuse.c
index 6eb65822e8f180..611b552bb402c5 100644
--- a/tools/lkl/lklfuse.c
+++ b/tools/lkl/lklfuse.c
@@ -492,6 +492,13 @@ static int lklfuse_fallocate(const char *path, int mode, off_t offset,
 static void *lklfuse_init(struct fuse_conn_info *conn, struct fuse_config *cfg)
 {
 	cfg->nullpath_ok = 1;
+	/* disable fuse lookup and attr caches */
+	cfg->entry_timeout = 0;
+	cfg->attr_timeout = 0;
+	cfg->negative_timeout = 0;
+	/* lkl provides valid st_ino values */
+	cfg->use_ino = 1;
+
 	return NULL;
 }