diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
index 206a1bdc7321cf59a1ccc8829d09a9dccd9bcded..f0890581f7f65a14d8451e85dcb2f59912db1d3d 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
@@ -451,3 +451,7 @@ in your dentry operations instead.
 --
 [mandatory]
 	->readdir() is gone now; switch to ->iterate()
+[mandatory]
+	vfs_follow_link has been removed.  Filesystems must use nd_set_link
+	from ->follow_link for normal symlinks, or nd_jump_link for magic
+	/proc/<pid> style links.
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 409a441ba2ae1c3b52f2b6d87563a9b0e80125b4..b0b2cf25075b98796e283e76d325e32dda12bcb3 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ static __always_inline void set_root_rcu(struct nameidata *nd)
 	}
 }
 
-static __always_inline int __vfs_follow_link(struct nameidata *nd, const char *link)
+static __always_inline int __follow_link(struct nameidata *nd, const char *link)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ follow_link(struct path *link, struct nameidata *nd, void **p)
 	error = 0;
 	s = nd_get_link(nd);
 	if (s) {
-		error = __vfs_follow_link(nd, s);
+		error = __follow_link(nd, s);
 		if (unlikely(error))
 			put_link(nd, link, *p);
 	}
@@ -4236,11 +4236,6 @@ int generic_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char __user *buffer, int buflen)
 	return res;
 }
 
-int vfs_follow_link(struct nameidata *nd, const char *link)
-{
-	return __vfs_follow_link(nd, link);
-}
-
 /* get the link contents into pagecache */
 static char *page_getlink(struct dentry * dentry, struct page **ppage)
 {
@@ -4352,7 +4347,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_path_lookup);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_permission);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unlock_rename);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_create);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_follow_link);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_link);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_mkdir);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_mknod);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 529d8711baba0e6ba07c57921694302332d762fd..49e71b0f0e9f01823db69d455efd4a48b2203d50 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2494,7 +2494,6 @@ extern const struct file_operations generic_ro_fops;
 #define special_file(m) (S_ISCHR(m)||S_ISBLK(m)||S_ISFIFO(m)||S_ISSOCK(m))
 
 extern int vfs_readlink(struct dentry *, char __user *, int, const char *);
-extern int vfs_follow_link(struct nameidata *, const char *);
 extern int page_readlink(struct dentry *, char __user *, int);
 extern void *page_follow_link_light(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
 extern void page_put_link(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *);