diff --git a/include/linux/sort.h b/include/linux/sort.h
index 2b99a5dd073d..61b96d0ebc44 100644
--- a/include/linux/sort.h
+++ b/include/linux/sort.h
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
+void sort_r(void *base, size_t num, size_t size,
+	    int (*cmp)(const void *, const void *, const void *),
+	    void (*swap)(void *, void *, int),
+	    const void *priv);
+
 void sort(void *base, size_t num, size_t size,
 	  int (*cmp)(const void *, const void *),
 	  void (*swap)(void *, void *, int));
diff --git a/lib/sort.c b/lib/sort.c
index cf408aec3733..d54cf97e9548 100644
--- a/lib/sort.c
+++ b/lib/sort.c
@@ -144,6 +144,18 @@ static void do_swap(void *a, void *b, size_t size, swap_func_t swap_func)
 		swap_func(a, b, (int)size);
 }
 
+typedef int (*cmp_func_t)(const void *, const void *);
+typedef int (*cmp_r_func_t)(const void *, const void *, const void *);
+#define _CMP_WRAPPER ((cmp_r_func_t)0L)
+
+static int do_cmp(const void *a, const void *b,
+		  cmp_r_func_t cmp, const void *priv)
+{
+	if (cmp == _CMP_WRAPPER)
+		return ((cmp_func_t)(priv))(a, b);
+	return cmp(a, b, priv);
+}
+
 /**
  * parent - given the offset of the child, find the offset of the parent.
  * @i: the offset of the heap element whose parent is sought.  Non-zero.
@@ -171,12 +183,13 @@ static size_t parent(size_t i, unsigned int lsbit, size_t size)
 }
 
 /**
- * sort - sort an array of elements
+ * sort_r - sort an array of elements
  * @base: pointer to data to sort
  * @num: number of elements
  * @size: size of each element
  * @cmp_func: pointer to comparison function
  * @swap_func: pointer to swap function or NULL
+ * @priv: third argument passed to comparison function
  *
  * This function does a heapsort on the given array.  You may provide
  * a swap_func function if you need to do something more than a memory
@@ -188,9 +201,10 @@ static size_t parent(size_t i, unsigned int lsbit, size_t size)
  * O(n*n) worst-case behavior and extra memory requirements that make
  * it less suitable for kernel use.
  */
-void sort(void *base, size_t num, size_t size,
-	  int (*cmp_func)(const void *, const void *),
-	  void (*swap_func)(void *, void *, int size))
+void sort_r(void *base, size_t num, size_t size,
+	    int (*cmp_func)(const void *, const void *, const void *),
+	    void (*swap_func)(void *, void *, int size),
+	    const void *priv)
 {
 	/* pre-scale counters for performance */
 	size_t n = num * size, a = (num/2) * size;
@@ -238,12 +252,12 @@ void sort(void *base, size_t num, size_t size,
 		 * average, 3/4 worst-case.)
 		 */
 		for (b = a; c = 2*b + size, (d = c + size) < n;)
-			b = cmp_func(base + c, base + d) >= 0 ? c : d;
+			b = do_cmp(base + c, base + d, cmp_func, priv) >= 0 ? c : d;
 		if (d == n)	/* Special case last leaf with no sibling */
 			b = c;
 
 		/* Now backtrack from "b" to the correct location for "a" */
-		while (b != a && cmp_func(base + a, base + b) >= 0)
+		while (b != a && do_cmp(base + a, base + b, cmp_func, priv) >= 0)
 			b = parent(b, lsbit, size);
 		c = b;			/* Where "a" belongs */
 		while (b != a) {	/* Shift it into place */
@@ -252,4 +266,12 @@ void sort(void *base, size_t num, size_t size,
 		}
 	}
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sort_r);
+
+void sort(void *base, size_t num, size_t size,
+	  int (*cmp_func)(const void *, const void *),
+	  void (*swap_func)(void *, void *, int size))
+{
+	return sort_r(base, num, size, _CMP_WRAPPER, swap_func, cmp_func);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sort);