diff --git a/include/linux/kref.h b/include/linux/kref.h
index 6cc38fc07ab76c5a052d530eec2fd31ec4d25392..90b9e44abf54aa5c346524e4306b6695b9fca980 100644
--- a/include/linux/kref.h
+++ b/include/linux/kref.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ struct kref {
 
 void kref_init(struct kref *kref);
 void kref_get(struct kref *kref);
+int kref_test_and_get(struct kref *kref);
 int kref_put(struct kref *kref, void (*release) (struct kref *kref));
 
 #endif /* _KREF_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/kref.c b/lib/kref.c
index d3d227a08a4bdb79cae0b2f21be905451c607719..e7a6e106712231ba43b0aa426bcfd003ce8409a7 100644
--- a/lib/kref.c
+++ b/lib/kref.c
@@ -36,6 +36,18 @@ void kref_get(struct kref *kref)
 	smp_mb__after_atomic_inc();
 }
 
+/**
+ * kref_test_and_get - increment refcount for object only if refcount is not
+ * zero.
+ * @kref: object.
+ *
+ * Return non-zero if the refcount was incremented, 0 otherwise
+ */
+int kref_test_and_get(struct kref *kref)
+{
+	return atomic_inc_not_zero(&kref->refcount);
+}
+
 /**
  * kref_put - decrement refcount for object.
  * @kref: object.