diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index b6ebdaa00f37..f71246bebfe4 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -108,6 +108,26 @@ int sysfs_create_link_nowarn(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *target,
 	return sysfs_do_create_link(kobj, target, name, 0);
 }
 
+/**
+ *	sysfs_delete_link - remove symlink in object's directory.
+ *	@kobj:	object we're acting for.
+ *	@targ:	object we're pointing to.
+ *	@name:	name of the symlink to remove.
+ *
+ *	Unlike sysfs_remove_link sysfs_delete_link has enough information
+ *	to successfully delete symlinks in tagged directories.
+ */
+void sysfs_delete_link(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *targ,
+			const char *name)
+{
+	const void *ns = NULL;
+	spin_lock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
+	if (targ->sd)
+		ns = targ->sd->s_ns;
+	spin_unlock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
+	sysfs_hash_and_remove(kobj->sd, ns, name);
+}
+
 /**
  *	sysfs_remove_link - remove symlink in object's directory.
  *	@kobj:	object we're acting for.
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index 1885d21b0c80..976c4664b216 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ void sysfs_remove_link(struct kobject *kobj, const char *name);
 int sysfs_rename_link(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *target,
 			const char *old_name, const char *new_name);
 
+void sysfs_delete_link(struct kobject *dir, struct kobject *targ,
+			const char *name);
+
 int __must_check sysfs_create_group(struct kobject *kobj,
 				    const struct attribute_group *grp);
 int sysfs_update_group(struct kobject *kobj,
@@ -269,6 +272,11 @@ static inline int sysfs_rename_link(struct kobject *k, struct kobject *t,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline void sysfs_delete_link(struct kobject *k, struct kobject *t,
+				     const char *name)
+{
+}
+
 static inline int sysfs_create_group(struct kobject *kobj,
 				     const struct attribute_group *grp)
 {