diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index a16b4e58bcc62ee88f9772f75120ef250d0112bd..801975c34cf9f6d4667d995eb6926a585dcec672 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ const struct inode_operations cifs_file_inode_ops = {
 const struct inode_operations cifs_symlink_inode_ops = {
 	.readlink = generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link = cifs_follow_link,
-	.put_link = cifs_put_link,
+	.put_link = kfree_put_link,
 	.permission = cifs_permission,
 	/* BB add the following two eventually */
 	/* revalidate: cifs_revalidate,
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
index 6d0b07217ac9a6ec5b2887125fdb3fa60800642c..26a754f49ba1933259c0711d1e37ece069b3030c 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ extern struct vfsmount *cifs_dfs_d_automount(struct path *path);
 
 /* Functions related to symlinks */
 extern void *cifs_follow_link(struct dentry *direntry, struct nameidata *nd);
-extern void cifs_put_link(struct dentry *direntry,
-			  struct nameidata *nd, void *);
 extern int cifs_readlink(struct dentry *direntry, char __user *buffer,
 			 int buflen);
 extern int cifs_symlink(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry,
diff --git a/fs/cifs/link.c b/fs/cifs/link.c
index 7e36ceba0c7a72d797a798de500847d4fa6ac66d..cc0234710ddbb780cae5037b717a93d8a7d3d54d 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/link.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/link.c
@@ -621,10 +621,3 @@ cifs_symlink(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry, const char *symname)
 	free_xid(xid);
 	return rc;
 }
-
-void cifs_put_link(struct dentry *direntry, struct nameidata *nd, void *cookie)
-{
-	char *p = nd_get_link(nd);
-	if (!IS_ERR(p))
-		kfree(p);
-}
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 2ca62c40c6c2ff0c390a730f131a6e8d7ebac39b..0f9b66eaa7677ce920d8488e5afd49fc684c4ac7 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -703,16 +703,6 @@ static void *ecryptfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static void
-ecryptfs_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd, void *ptr)
-{
-	char *buf = nd_get_link(nd);
-	if (!IS_ERR(buf)) {
-		/* Free the char* */
-		kfree(buf);
-	}
-}
-
 /**
  * upper_size_to_lower_size
  * @crypt_stat: Crypt_stat associated with file
@@ -1121,7 +1111,7 @@ static int ecryptfs_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 const struct inode_operations ecryptfs_symlink_iops = {
 	.readlink = generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link = ecryptfs_follow_link,
-	.put_link = ecryptfs_put_link,
+	.put_link = kfree_put_link,
 	.permission = ecryptfs_permission,
 	.setattr = ecryptfs_setattr,
 	.getattr = ecryptfs_getattr_link,
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index ced3257f06e84bd24b6d96063a4f88f5e2b81525..d2384f7c53e1913e77243c72712e358ccabc6d13 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -1506,13 +1506,6 @@ static void *gfs2_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static void gfs2_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd, void *p)
-{
-	char *s = nd_get_link(nd);
-	if (!IS_ERR(s))
-		kfree(s);
-}
-
 /**
  * gfs2_permission -
  * @inode: The inode
@@ -1864,7 +1857,7 @@ const struct inode_operations gfs2_dir_iops = {
 const struct inode_operations gfs2_symlink_iops = {
 	.readlink = generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link = gfs2_follow_link,
-	.put_link = gfs2_put_link,
+	.put_link = kfree_put_link,
 	.permission = gfs2_permission,
 	.setattr = gfs2_setattr,
 	.getattr = gfs2_getattr,
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 828622a31d30ff7a0946373e939905d1338c9a7a..8c50184931547791f0caa3e22d24cb138395409e 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/vfs.h>
 #include <linux/quotaops.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/exportfs.h>
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h> /* sync_mapping_buffers */
@@ -992,3 +993,12 @@ int noop_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(noop_fsync);
+
+void kfree_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd,
+				void *cookie)
+{
+	char *s = nd_get_link(nd);
+	if (!IS_ERR(s))
+		kfree(s);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree_put_link);
diff --git a/fs/proc/self.c b/fs/proc/self.c
index 6b6a993b5c25a0ccb277bcf53b0c19489582f316..ffeb202ec942d3f3f83594d517e329bafa89ce98 100644
--- a/fs/proc/self.c
+++ b/fs/proc/self.c
@@ -36,18 +36,10 @@ static void *proc_self_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static void proc_self_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd,
-				void *cookie)
-{
-	char *s = nd_get_link(nd);
-	if (!IS_ERR(s))
-		kfree(s);
-}
-
 static const struct inode_operations proc_self_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= proc_self_readlink,
 	.follow_link	= proc_self_follow_link,
-	.put_link	= proc_self_put_link,
+	.put_link	= kfree_put_link,
 };
 
 static unsigned self_inum;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 3f40547ba1917cd038f085bcdb6c6e577a9d4538..d80c2437d624d832d43c0756b3e5d0aae4ae50ad 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2502,6 +2502,7 @@ extern int __page_symlink(struct inode *inode, const char *symname, int len,
 		int nofs);
 extern int page_symlink(struct inode *inode, const char *symname, int len);
 extern const struct inode_operations page_symlink_inode_operations;
+extern void kfree_put_link(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *);
 extern int generic_readlink(struct dentry *, char __user *, int);
 extern void generic_fillattr(struct inode *, struct kstat *);
 extern int vfs_getattr(struct path *, struct kstat *);