diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1f9e0f8eb0c3..8888c8aa9d91 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e91d7119ba8031f57cee5814e31c893487844011
+refs/heads/master: 96f1bb8a412aec3fc16306ef07c5bdb426edb615
diff --git a/trunk/arch/ppc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c b/trunk/arch/ppc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c
index 2ba659f401be..d9036ef0b658 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/ppc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/ppc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strncpy);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strcat);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strlen);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strcmp);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(strncmp);
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(csum_partial);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(csum_partial_copy_generic);
diff --git a/trunk/arch/ppc/lib/string.S b/trunk/arch/ppc/lib/string.S
index 84ed33ab4c2d..927253bfc826 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/ppc/lib/string.S
+++ b/trunk/arch/ppc/lib/string.S
@@ -121,6 +121,20 @@ _GLOBAL(strcmp)
 	beq	1b
 	blr
 
+_GLOBAL(strncmp)
+	PPC_LCMPI r5,0
+	beqlr
+	mtctr	r5
+	addi	r5,r3,-1
+	addi	r4,r4,-1
+1:	lbzu	r3,1(r5)
+	cmpwi	1,r3,0
+	lbzu	r0,1(r4)
+	subf.	r3,r0,r3
+	beqlr	1
+	bdnzt	eq,1b
+	blr
+
 _GLOBAL(strlen)
 	addi	r4,r3,-1
 1:	lbzu	r0,1(r4)