diff --git a/include/linux/fscache.h b/include/linux/fscache.h
index 18e7256715949084395c9672dde777c0eb28bb54..28ce258c1f871f6b8849e9106ec7662a80e42703 100644
--- a/include/linux/fscache.h
+++ b/include/linux/fscache.h
@@ -607,4 +607,20 @@ static inline void fscache_clear_inode_writeback(struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * fscache_note_page_release - Note that a netfs page got released
+ * @cookie: The cookie corresponding to the file
+ *
+ * Note that a page that has been copied to the cache has been released.  This
+ * means that future reads will need to look in the cache to see if it's there.
+ */
+static inline
+void fscache_note_page_release(struct fscache_cookie *cookie)
+{
+	if (cookie &&
+	    test_bit(FSCACHE_COOKIE_HAVE_DATA, &cookie->flags) &&
+	    test_bit(FSCACHE_COOKIE_NO_DATA_TO_READ, &cookie->flags))
+		clear_bit(FSCACHE_COOKIE_NO_DATA_TO_READ, &cookie->flags);
+}
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_FSCACHE_H */