diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 3ef87d673bbea617fdcff88f63127634f1275cee..1a1ea79a7ba02ceb0bfdcc40380a755450aa2956 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2266,6 +2266,33 @@ int vfs_path_lookup(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_path_lookup);
 
+/**
+ * lookup_hash - lookup single pathname component on already hashed name
+ * @name:	name and hash to lookup
+ * @base:	base directory to lookup from
+ *
+ * The name must have been verified and hashed (see lookup_one_len()).  Using
+ * this after just full_name_hash() is unsafe.
+ *
+ * This function also doesn't check for search permission on base directory.
+ *
+ * Use lookup_one_len_unlocked() instead, unless you really know what you are
+ * doing.
+ *
+ * Do not hold i_mutex; this helper takes i_mutex if necessary.
+ */
+struct dentry *lookup_hash(const struct qstr *name, struct dentry *base)
+{
+	struct dentry *ret;
+
+	ret = lookup_dcache(name, base, 0);
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = lookup_slow(name, base, 0);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_hash);
+
 /**
  * lookup_one_len - filesystem helper to lookup single pathname component
  * @name:	pathname component to lookup
@@ -2337,7 +2364,6 @@ struct dentry *lookup_one_len_unlocked(const char *name,
 	struct qstr this;
 	unsigned int c;
 	int err;
-	struct dentry *ret;
 
 	this.name = name;
 	this.len = len;
@@ -2369,10 +2395,7 @@ struct dentry *lookup_one_len_unlocked(const char *name,
 	if (err)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 
-	ret = lookup_dcache(&this, base, 0);
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = lookup_slow(&this, base, 0);
-	return ret;
+	return lookup_hash(&this, base);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_one_len_unlocked);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index 77d01700daf7b826bdf19c2022d5260adb640e0b..ec5ec2818a288d52158098e829fb57d68e4ec87b 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ extern int kern_path_mountpoint(int, const char *, struct path *, unsigned int);
 
 extern struct dentry *lookup_one_len(const char *, struct dentry *, int);
 extern struct dentry *lookup_one_len_unlocked(const char *, struct dentry *, int);
+struct qstr;
+extern struct dentry *lookup_hash(const struct qstr *, struct dentry *);
 
 extern int follow_down_one(struct path *);
 extern int follow_down(struct path *);