diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index c6f3b697064cb7a7fa3d084366a92362f06ded0f..987211296106998ba5632ab58949e8eeca62d516 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -62,6 +62,104 @@ void sysfs_unlink_sibling(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ *	sysfs_get_dentry - get dentry for the given sysfs_dirent
+ *	@sd: sysfs_dirent of interest
+ *
+ *	Get dentry for @sd.  Dentry is looked up if currently not
+ *	present.  This function climbs sysfs_dirent tree till it
+ *	reaches a sysfs_dirent with valid dentry attached and descends
+ *	down from there looking up dentry for each step.
+ *
+ *	LOCKING:
+ *	Kernel thread context (may sleep)
+ *
+ *	RETURNS:
+ *	Pointer to found dentry on success, ERR_PTR() value on error.
+ */
+struct dentry *sysfs_get_dentry(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
+{
+	struct sysfs_dirent *cur;
+	struct dentry *parent_dentry, *dentry;
+	int i, depth;
+
+	/* Find the first parent which has valid s_dentry and get the
+	 * dentry.
+	 */
+	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
+ restart0:
+	spin_lock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
+ restart1:
+	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+
+	dentry = NULL;
+	depth = 0;
+	cur = sd;
+	while (!cur->s_dentry || !cur->s_dentry->d_inode) {
+		if (cur->s_flags & SYSFS_FLAG_REMOVED) {
+			dentry = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+			depth = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+		cur = cur->s_parent;
+		depth++;
+	}
+	if (!IS_ERR(dentry))
+		dentry = dget_locked(cur->s_dentry);
+
+	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
+
+	/* from the found dentry, look up depth times */
+	while (depth--) {
+		/* find and get depth'th ancestor */
+		for (cur = sd, i = 0; cur && i < depth; i++)
+			cur = cur->s_parent;
+
+		/* This can happen if tree structure was modified due
+		 * to move/rename.  Restart.
+		 */
+		if (i != depth) {
+			dput(dentry);
+			goto restart0;
+		}
+
+		sysfs_get(cur);
+
+		mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
+
+		/* look it up */
+		parent_dentry = dentry;
+		dentry = lookup_one_len_kern(cur->s_name, parent_dentry,
+					     strlen(cur->s_name));
+		dput(parent_dentry);
+
+		if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
+			sysfs_put(cur);
+			return dentry;
+		}
+
+		mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
+		spin_lock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
+
+		/* This, again, can happen if tree structure has
+		 * changed and we looked up the wrong thing.  Restart.
+		 */
+		if (cur->s_dentry != dentry) {
+			dput(dentry);
+			sysfs_put(cur);
+			goto restart1;
+		}
+
+		spin_unlock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
+
+		sysfs_put(cur);
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
+	return dentry;
+}
+
 /**
  *	sysfs_get_active - get an active reference to sysfs_dirent
  *	@sd: sysfs_dirent to get an active reference to
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 92fe1e51a29b10ca5e3d972725fb2e5dd1ba6495..72530dc666fd1628f90d5e9c91e8f5b95f9fa378 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ struct sysfs_addrm_cxt {
 extern struct vfsmount * sysfs_mount;
 extern struct kmem_cache *sysfs_dir_cachep;
 
+extern struct dentry *sysfs_get_dentry(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
 extern void sysfs_link_sibling(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
 extern void sysfs_unlink_sibling(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
 extern struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_get_active(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);