diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/internal.h b/fs/cachefiles/internal.h
index 01071e7a7c02..7c67a70a3dff 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/internal.h
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/internal.h
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ extern struct kmem_cache *cachefiles_object_jar;
 /*
  * namei.c
  */
+extern void cachefiles_unmark_inode_in_use(struct cachefiles_object *object,
+					   struct file *file);
 extern struct dentry *cachefiles_get_directory(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
 					       struct dentry *dir,
 					       const char *name,
diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/namei.c b/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
index 11a33209ab5f..db60a671c3fc 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
@@ -31,6 +31,18 @@ static bool __cachefiles_mark_inode_in_use(struct cachefiles_object *object,
 	return can_use;
 }
 
+static bool cachefiles_mark_inode_in_use(struct cachefiles_object *object,
+					 struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = d_backing_inode(dentry);
+	bool can_use;
+
+	inode_lock(inode);
+	can_use = __cachefiles_mark_inode_in_use(object, dentry);
+	inode_unlock(inode);
+	return can_use;
+}
+
 /*
  * Unmark a backing inode.  The caller must hold the inode lock.
  */
@@ -43,6 +55,29 @@ static void __cachefiles_unmark_inode_in_use(struct cachefiles_object *object,
 	trace_cachefiles_mark_inactive(object, inode);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Unmark a backing inode and tell cachefilesd that there's something that can
+ * be culled.
+ */
+void cachefiles_unmark_inode_in_use(struct cachefiles_object *object,
+				    struct file *file)
+{
+	struct cachefiles_cache *cache = object->volume->cache;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
+
+	if (inode) {
+		inode_lock(inode);
+		__cachefiles_unmark_inode_in_use(object, file->f_path.dentry);
+		inode_unlock(inode);
+
+		if (!test_bit(CACHEFILES_OBJECT_USING_TMPFILE, &object->flags)) {
+			atomic_long_add(inode->i_blocks, &cache->b_released);
+			if (atomic_inc_return(&cache->f_released))
+				cachefiles_state_changed(cache);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * get a subdirectory
  */