diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 3aa3434..a5782e8 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -372,6 +372,51 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
+int sysfs_move_dir(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *new_parent)
+{
+	struct dentry *old_parent_dentry, *new_parent_dentry, *new_dentry;
+	struct sysfs_dirent *new_parent_sd, *sd;
+	int error;
+
+	if (!new_parent)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	old_parent_dentry = kobj->parent ?
+		kobj->parent->dentry : sysfs_mount->mnt_sb->s_root;
+	new_parent_dentry = new_parent->dentry;
+
+again:
+	mutex_lock(&old_parent_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	if (!mutex_trylock(&new_parent_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex)) {
+		mutex_unlock(&old_parent_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+		goto again;
+	}
+
+	new_parent_sd = new_parent_dentry->d_fsdata;
+	sd = kobj->dentry->d_fsdata;
+
+	new_dentry = lookup_one_len(kobj->name, new_parent_dentry,
+				    strlen(kobj->name));
+	if (IS_ERR(new_dentry)) {
+		error = PTR_ERR(new_dentry);
+		goto out;
+	} else
+		error = 0;
+	d_add(new_dentry, NULL);
+	d_move(kobj->dentry, new_dentry);
+	dput(new_dentry);
+
+	/* Remove from old parent's list and insert into new parent's list. */
+	list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
+	list_add(&sd->s_sibling, &new_parent_sd->s_children);
+
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&new_parent_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&old_parent_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+
+	return error;
+}
+
 static int sysfs_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct dentry * dentry = file->f_dentry;