diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index 8af450b..3822a90 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -127,6 +127,15 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
+static inline struct dentry *ovl_do_tmpfile(struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
+{
+	struct dentry *ret = vfs_tmpfile(dentry, mode, 0);
+	int err = IS_ERR(ret) ? PTR_ERR(ret) : 0;
+
+	pr_debug("tmpfile(%pd2, 0%o) = %i\n", dentry, mode, err);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static inline struct inode *ovl_inode_real(struct inode *inode, bool *is_upper)
 {
 	unsigned long x = (unsigned long) READ_ONCE(inode->i_private);