diff --git a/fs/relayfs/buffers.c b/fs/relayfs/buffers.c
index 667b529944c504d3de90ef3f77c20c93d26dee10..10187812771ef54960d8038046e5a6e60952ee42 100644
--- a/fs/relayfs/buffers.c
+++ b/fs/relayfs/buffers.c
@@ -185,6 +185,6 @@ void relay_destroy_buf(struct rchan_buf *buf)
 void relay_remove_buf(struct kref *kref)
 {
 	struct rchan_buf *buf = container_of(kref, struct rchan_buf, kref);
-	relayfs_remove(buf->dentry);
+	buf->chan->cb->remove_buf_file(buf->dentry);
 	relay_destroy_buf(buf);
 }
diff --git a/fs/relayfs/relay.c b/fs/relayfs/relay.c
index a9cd5585c45ca33133dda7a31b64e5681d4175eb..b9bb569032729ec541124855a169d96589214eff 100644
--- a/fs/relayfs/relay.c
+++ b/fs/relayfs/relay.c
@@ -80,11 +80,33 @@ static void buf_unmapped_default_callback(struct rchan_buf *buf,
 {
 }
 
+/*
+ * create_buf_file_create() default callback.  Creates file to represent buf.
+ */
+static struct dentry *create_buf_file_default_callback(const char *filename,
+						       struct dentry *parent,
+						       int mode,
+						       struct rchan_buf *buf)
+{
+	return relayfs_create_file(filename, parent, mode,
+				   &relayfs_file_operations, buf);
+}
+
+/*
+ * remove_buf_file() default callback.  Removes file representing relay buffer.
+ */
+static int remove_buf_file_default_callback(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	return relayfs_remove(dentry);
+}
+
 /* relay channel default callbacks */
 static struct rchan_callbacks default_channel_callbacks = {
 	.subbuf_start = subbuf_start_default_callback,
 	.buf_mapped = buf_mapped_default_callback,
 	.buf_unmapped = buf_unmapped_default_callback,
+	.create_buf_file = create_buf_file_default_callback,
+	.remove_buf_file = remove_buf_file_default_callback,
 };
 
 /**
@@ -176,8 +198,8 @@ static struct rchan_buf *relay_open_buf(struct rchan *chan,
  		return NULL;
 
 	/* Create file in fs */
-	dentry = relayfs_create_file(filename, parent, S_IRUSR,
-				     &relayfs_file_operations, buf);
+ 	dentry = chan->cb->create_buf_file(filename, parent, S_IRUSR,
+ 					   buf);
  	if (!dentry) {
  		relay_destroy_buf(buf);
 		return NULL;
@@ -220,6 +242,10 @@ static inline void setup_callbacks(struct rchan *chan,
 		cb->buf_mapped = buf_mapped_default_callback;
 	if (!cb->buf_unmapped)
 		cb->buf_unmapped = buf_unmapped_default_callback;
+	if (!cb->create_buf_file)
+		cb->create_buf_file = create_buf_file_default_callback;
+	if (!cb->remove_buf_file)
+		cb->remove_buf_file = remove_buf_file_default_callback;
 	chan->cb = cb;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/relayfs_fs.h b/include/linux/relayfs_fs.h
index 8200ecbe6e0f51f039a8b73390c0cb55a2b3a1ec..8c21771058571ffa29053250411f168812670a51 100644
--- a/include/linux/relayfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/relayfs_fs.h
@@ -110,6 +110,40 @@ struct rchan_callbacks
 	 */
         void (*buf_unmapped)(struct rchan_buf *buf,
 			     struct file *filp);
+	/*
+	 * create_buf_file - create file to represent a relayfs channel buffer
+	 * @filename: the name of the file to create
+	 * @parent: the parent of the file to create
+	 * @mode: the mode of the file to create
+	 * @buf: the channel buffer
+	 *
+	 * Called during relay_open(), once for each per-cpu buffer,
+	 * to allow the client to create a file to be used to
+	 * represent the corresponding channel buffer.  If the file is
+	 * created outside of relayfs, the parent must also exist in
+	 * that filesystem.
+	 *
+	 * The callback should return the dentry of the file created
+	 * to represent the relay buffer.
+	 *
+	 * See Documentation/filesystems/relayfs.txt for more info.
+	 */
+	struct dentry *(*create_buf_file)(const char *filename,
+					  struct dentry *parent,
+					  int mode,
+					  struct rchan_buf *buf);
+
+	/*
+	 * remove_buf_file - remove file representing a relayfs channel buffer
+	 * @dentry: the dentry of the file to remove
+	 *
+	 * Called during relay_close(), once for each per-cpu buffer,
+	 * to allow the client to remove a file used to represent a
+	 * channel buffer.
+	 *
+	 * The callback should return 0 if successful, negative if not.
+	 */
+	int (*remove_buf_file)(struct dentry *dentry);
 };
 
 /*