diff --git a/include/linux/pagemap.h b/include/linux/pagemap.h
index c119506526467d204b2c78a7d47bc0a7152129a4..ea268080380d2863c79490a1f3522f488d49db17 100644
--- a/include/linux/pagemap.h
+++ b/include/linux/pagemap.h
@@ -357,6 +357,15 @@ static inline int lock_page_or_retry(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm,
  */
 extern void wait_on_page_bit(struct page *page, int bit_nr);
 
+extern int wait_on_page_bit_killable(struct page *page, int bit_nr);
+
+static inline int wait_on_page_locked_killable(struct page *page)
+{
+	if (PageLocked(page))
+		return wait_on_page_bit_killable(page, PG_locked);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* 
  * Wait for a page to be unlocked.
  *
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index c641edf553a9373dd3f2c3a20c584fa3dcb2c957..dea8a38bb2bb7d6ed442121367e90d103d698105 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -562,6 +562,17 @@ void wait_on_page_bit(struct page *page, int bit_nr)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(wait_on_page_bit);
 
+int wait_on_page_bit_killable(struct page *page, int bit_nr)
+{
+	DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wait, &page->flags, bit_nr);
+
+	if (!test_bit(bit_nr, &page->flags))
+		return 0;
+
+	return __wait_on_bit(page_waitqueue(page), &wait,
+			     sleep_on_page_killable, TASK_KILLABLE);
+}
+
 /**
  * add_page_wait_queue - Add an arbitrary waiter to a page's wait queue
  * @page: Page defining the wait queue of interest