diff --git a/include/linux/cleanup.h b/include/linux/cleanup.h
index ec00e3f7af2b..6537f8dfe1bb 100644
--- a/include/linux/cleanup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cleanup.h
@@ -216,6 +216,23 @@ const volatile void * __must_check_fn(const volatile void *val)
 
 #define return_ptr(p)	return no_free_ptr(p)
 
+/*
+ * Only for situations where an allocation is handed in to another function
+ * and consumed by that function on success.
+ *
+ *	struct foo *f __free(kfree) = kzalloc(sizeof(*f), GFP_KERNEL);
+ *
+ *	setup(f);
+ *	if (some_condition)
+ *		return -EINVAL;
+ *	....
+ *	ret = bar(f);
+ *	if (!ret)
+ *		retain_ptr(f);
+ *	return ret;
+ */
+#define retain_ptr(p)				\
+	__get_and_null(p, NULL)
 
 /*
  * DEFINE_CLASS(name, type, exit, init, init_args...):