diff --git a/fs/proc/internal.h b/fs/proc/internal.h
index a8a8576d8592..9e3f25e4c188 100644
--- a/fs/proc/internal.h
+++ b/fs/proc/internal.h
@@ -349,3 +349,16 @@ static inline void pde_force_lookup(struct proc_dir_entry *pde)
 	/* /proc/net/ entries can be changed under us by setns(CLONE_NEWNET) */
 	pde->proc_dops = &proc_net_dentry_ops;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Add a new procfs dentry that can't serve as a mountpoint. That should
+ * encompass anything that is ephemeral and can just disappear while the
+ * process is still around.
+ */
+static inline struct dentry *proc_splice_unmountable(struct inode *inode,
+		struct dentry *dentry, const struct dentry_operations *d_ops)
+{
+	d_set_d_op(dentry, d_ops);
+	dont_mount(dentry);
+	return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
+}