diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8933d561bd1a..22da5053eec9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b9efe8a234ad874a049460417c54680338f96360
+refs/heads/master: 455434d450a358ac5bcf3fc58f8913d13c544622
diff --git a/trunk/fs/inotify.c b/trunk/fs/inotify.c
index 4b2469bb6554..2c5b92152876 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/inotify.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/inotify.c
@@ -701,6 +701,14 @@ s32 inotify_clone_watch(struct inotify_watch *old, struct inotify_watch *new)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+void inotify_evict_watch(struct inotify_watch *watch)
+{
+	get_inotify_watch(watch);
+	mutex_lock(&watch->ih->mutex);
+	inotify_remove_watch_locked(watch->ih, watch);
+	mutex_unlock(&watch->ih->mutex);
+}
+
 /**
  * inotify_rm_wd - remove a watch from an inotify instance
  * @ih: inotify handle
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/inotify.h b/trunk/include/linux/inotify.h
index e76e2272e2ab..742b917e7d1b 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/inotify.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/inotify.h
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ extern __s32 inotify_find_update_watch(struct inotify_handle *, struct inode *,
 extern __s32 inotify_add_watch(struct inotify_handle *, struct inotify_watch *,
 			       struct inode *, __u32);
 extern __s32 inotify_clone_watch(struct inotify_watch *, struct inotify_watch *);
+extern void inotify_evict_watch(struct inotify_watch *);
 extern int inotify_rm_watch(struct inotify_handle *, struct inotify_watch *);
 extern int inotify_rm_wd(struct inotify_handle *, __u32);
 extern void inotify_remove_watch_locked(struct inotify_handle *,