diff --git a/lib/radix-tree.c b/lib/radix-tree.c
index 4bb42a0..5301a52 100644
--- a/lib/radix-tree.c
+++ b/lib/radix-tree.c
@@ -666,6 +666,43 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(radix_tree_next_hole);
 
+/**
+ *	radix_tree_prev_hole    -    find the prev hole (not-present entry)
+ *	@root:		tree root
+ *	@index:		index key
+ *	@max_scan:	maximum range to search
+ *
+ *	Search backwards in the range [max(index-max_scan+1, 0), index]
+ *	for the first hole.
+ *
+ *	Returns: the index of the hole if found, otherwise returns an index
+ *	outside of the set specified (in which case 'index - return >= max_scan'
+ *	will be true). In rare cases of wrap-around, LONG_MAX will be returned.
+ *
+ *	radix_tree_next_hole may be called under rcu_read_lock. However, like
+ *	radix_tree_gang_lookup, this will not atomically search a snapshot of
+ *	the tree at a single point in time. For example, if a hole is created
+ *	at index 10, then subsequently a hole is created at index 5,
+ *	radix_tree_prev_hole covering both indexes may return 5 if called under
+ *	rcu_read_lock.
+ */
+unsigned long radix_tree_prev_hole(struct radix_tree_root *root,
+				   unsigned long index, unsigned long max_scan)
+{
+	unsigned long i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < max_scan; i++) {
+		if (!radix_tree_lookup(root, index))
+			break;
+		index--;
+		if (index == LONG_MAX)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	return index;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(radix_tree_prev_hole);
+
 static unsigned int
 __lookup(struct radix_tree_node *slot, void ***results, unsigned long index,
 	unsigned int max_items, unsigned long *next_index)