diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 3f8953e..cf11d5b 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 extern struct inode * sysfs_new_inode(mode_t mode, struct sysfs_dirent *);
 extern int sysfs_create(struct dentry *, int mode, int (*init)(struct inode *));
 
+extern int sysfs_dirent_exist(struct sysfs_dirent *, const unsigned char *);
 extern int sysfs_make_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *, struct dentry *, void *,
 				umode_t, int);