diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index c4b238a20b76..2fd88cd5997d 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1597,6 +1597,7 @@ void unpin_user_pages_dirty_lock(struct page **pages, unsigned long npages,
 void unpin_user_page_range_dirty_lock(struct page *page, unsigned long npages,
 				      bool make_dirty);
 void unpin_user_pages(struct page **pages, unsigned long npages);
+void unpin_user_folio(struct folio *folio, unsigned long npages);
 void unpin_folios(struct folio **folios, unsigned long nfolios);
 
 static inline bool is_cow_mapping(vm_flags_t flags)
diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 54d0dc3831fb..02c46ae33028 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -415,6 +415,19 @@ void unpin_user_pages(struct page **pages, unsigned long npages)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unpin_user_pages);
 
+/**
+ * unpin_user_folio() - release pages of a folio
+ * @folio:  pointer to folio to be released
+ * @npages: number of pages of same folio
+ *
+ * Release npages of the folio
+ */
+void unpin_user_folio(struct folio *folio, unsigned long npages)
+{
+	gup_put_folio(folio, npages, FOLL_PIN);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(unpin_user_folio);
+
 /**
  * unpin_folios() - release an array of gup-pinned folios.
  * @folios:  array of folios to be marked dirty and released.