diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index 99eb80306dc5..fc2e03579877 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -94,4 +94,9 @@ static inline char *nd_get_link(struct nameidata *nd)
 	return nd->saved_names[nd->depth];
 }
 
+static inline void nd_terminate_link(void *name, size_t len, size_t maxlen)
+{
+	((char *) name)[min(len, maxlen)] = '\0';
+}
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_NAMEI_H */