diff --git a/qa/workunits/fs/misc/kernel_untar_tar.sh b/qa/workunits/fs/misc/kernel_untar_tar.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..63f8c745b38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/workunits/fs/misc/kernel_untar_tar.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# check if there is file changed while being archived
+
+set -e
+
+KERNEL=linux-4.0.5
+
+wget -q http://download.ceph.com/qa/$KERNEL.tar.xz
+
+mkdir untar_tar
+cd untar_tar
+
+tar Jxvf ../$KERNEL.tar.xz $KERNEL/Documentation/
+tar cf doc.tar $KERNEL
+
+tar xf doc.tar
+sync
+tar c $KERNEL >/dev/null
+
+rm -rf $KERNEL
+
+tar xf doc.tar
+sync
+tar c $KERNEL >/dev/null
+
+echo Ok