1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_lookup.h b/net/ipv4/fib_lookup.h
index 6c9dd4282db0..26ee66d78c18 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_lookup.h
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_lookup.h
@@ -38,4 +38,14 @@ extern int fib_detect_death(struct fib_info *fi, int order,
                             struct fib_info **last_resort,
                             int *last_idx, int dflt);
 
+static inline void fib_result_assign(struct fib_result *res,
+                                     struct fib_info *fi)
+{
+        if (res->fi != NULL)
+                fib_info_put(res->fi);
+        res->fi = fi;
+        if (fi != NULL)
+                atomic_inc(&fi->fib_clntref);
+}
+
 #endif /* _FIB_LOOKUP_H */