diff --git a/include/linux/res_counter.h b/include/linux/res_counter.h
index 290205dfe094325a98c77581dea27b3e4a6c69c6..fdeadd9740dc5f99deaa4a8662494914f438e8c4 100644
--- a/include/linux/res_counter.h
+++ b/include/linux/res_counter.h
@@ -158,4 +158,20 @@ static inline void res_counter_reset_failcnt(struct res_counter *cnt)
 	cnt->failcnt = 0;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cnt->lock, flags);
 }
+
+static inline int res_counter_set_limit(struct res_counter *cnt,
+		unsigned long long limit)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int ret = -EBUSY;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&cnt->lock, flags);
+	if (cnt->usage < limit) {
+		cnt->limit = limit;
+		ret = 0;
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cnt->lock, flags);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 #endif