diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index e5126fad57c5..4661ecaf6741 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -766,6 +766,28 @@ void debugfs_remove_recursive(struct dentry *dentry)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_remove_recursive);
 
+/**
+ * debugfs_lookup_and_remove - lookup a directory or file and recursively remove it
+ * @name: a pointer to a string containing the name of the item to look up.
+ * @parent: a pointer to the parent dentry of the item.
+ *
+ * This is the equlivant of doing something like
+ * debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup(..)) but with the proper reference counting
+ * handled for the directory being looked up.
+ */
+void debugfs_lookup_and_remove(const char *name, struct dentry *parent)
+{
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+
+	dentry = debugfs_lookup(name, parent);
+	if (!dentry)
+		return;
+
+	debugfs_remove(dentry);
+	dput(dentry);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_lookup_and_remove);
+
 /**
  * debugfs_rename - rename a file/directory in the debugfs filesystem
  * @old_dir: a pointer to the parent dentry for the renamed object. This
diff --git a/include/linux/debugfs.h b/include/linux/debugfs.h
index 3bc1034c57e6..2a4638bb4033 100644
--- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_automount(const char *name,
 void debugfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry);
 void debugfs_remove_recursive(struct dentry *dentry);
 
+void debugfs_lookup_and_remove(const char *name, struct dentry *parent);
+
 const struct file_operations *debugfs_real_fops(const struct file *filp);
 
 int debugfs_file_get(struct dentry *dentry);
@@ -217,6 +219,10 @@ static inline void debugfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry)
 static inline void debugfs_remove_recursive(struct dentry *dentry)
 { }
 
+static inline void debugfs_lookup_and_remove(const char *name,
+					     struct dentry *parent)
+{ }
+
 const struct file_operations *debugfs_real_fops(const struct file *filp);
 
 static inline int debugfs_file_get(struct dentry *dentry)