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diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index e5126fad5..4661ecaf6 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -767,6 +767,28 @@ void debugfs_remove_recursive(struct dentry *dentry)
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_remove_recursive);
/**
+ * debugfs_lookup_and_remove - lookup a directory or file and recursively remove it
+ * @name: a pointer to a string containing the name of the item to look up.
+ * @parent: a pointer to the parent dentry of the item.
+ *
+ * This is the equlivant of doing something like
+ * debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup(..)) but with the proper reference counting
+ * handled for the directory being looked up.
+ */
+void debugfs_lookup_and_remove(const char *name, struct dentry *parent)
+{
+ struct dentry *dentry;
+
+ dentry = debugfs_lookup(name, parent);
+ if (!dentry)
+ return;
+
+ debugfs_remove(dentry);
+ dput(dentry);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_lookup_and_remove);
+
+/**
* debugfs_rename - rename a file/directory in the debugfs filesystem
* @old_dir: a pointer to the parent dentry for the renamed object. This
* should be a directory dentry.