diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
index c5d3fcad7b57c87449d7de9085daa64cd80f984f..efdc44593b522054dda0454f105fb0636b8ec0c2 100644
--- a/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/include/linux/string.h
@@ -109,5 +109,7 @@ extern void *kmemdup(const void *src, size_t len, gfp_t gfp);
 extern char **argv_split(gfp_t gfp, const char *str, int *argcp);
 extern void argv_free(char **argv);
 
+extern bool sysfs_streq(const char *s1, const char *s2);
+
 #endif
 #endif /* _LINUX_STRING_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index 5efafed3d6b65df9e56f968e32fb012f4cd13c65..b19b87af65a3553a0650d679cabfac9fecd4eb3b 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -493,6 +493,33 @@ char *strsep(char **s, const char *ct)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strsep);
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * sysfs_streq - return true if strings are equal, modulo trailing newline
+ * @s1: one string
+ * @s2: another string
+ *
+ * This routine returns true iff two strings are equal, treating both
+ * NUL and newline-then-NUL as equivalent string terminations.  It's
+ * geared for use with sysfs input strings, which generally terminate
+ * with newlines but are compared against values without newlines.
+ */
+bool sysfs_streq(const char *s1, const char *s2)
+{
+	while (*s1 && *s1 == *s2) {
+		s1++;
+		s2++;
+	}
+
+	if (*s1 == *s2)
+		return true;
+	if (!*s1 && *s2 == '\n' && !s2[1])
+		return true;
+	if (*s1 == '\n' && !s1[1] && !*s2)
+		return true;
+	return false;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysfs_streq);
+
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET
 /**
  * memset - Fill a region of memory with the given value