diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 97e81a844a966c6683e4688347f78149f886e16f..843546633457036419349a32cc1cce4171fd0923 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1042,6 +1042,31 @@ struct dentry *d_find_alias(struct inode *inode)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_find_alias);
 
+/*
+ *  Caller MUST be holding rcu_read_lock() and be guaranteed
+ *  that inode won't get freed until rcu_read_unlock().
+ */
+struct dentry *d_find_alias_rcu(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct hlist_head *l = &inode->i_dentry;
+	struct dentry *de = NULL;
+
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+	// ->i_dentry and ->i_rcu are colocated, but the latter won't be
+	// used without having I_FREEING set, which means no aliases left
+	if (likely(!(inode->i_state & I_FREEING) && !hlist_empty(l))) {
+		if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
+			de = hlist_entry(l->first, struct dentry, d_u.d_alias);
+		} else {
+			hlist_for_each_entry(de, l, d_u.d_alias)
+				if (!d_unhashed(de))
+					break;
+		}
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+	return de;
+}
+
 /*
  *	Try to kill dentries associated with this inode.
  * WARNING: you must own a reference to inode.
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index d7b369fc15d36bb34d58f213765ccb4228d819db..c1e48014106fa3aad2d6f8d5b4e0cf2f54ce9bc2 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ extern void d_tmpfile(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
 extern struct dentry *d_find_alias(struct inode *);
 extern void d_prune_aliases(struct inode *);
 
+extern struct dentry *d_find_alias_rcu(struct inode *);
+
 /* test whether we have any submounts in a subdir tree */
 extern int path_has_submounts(const struct path *);