diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index 78f3783..bf340d8 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 /**
  * kstrdup - allocate space for and copy an existing string
- *
  * @s: the string to duplicate
  * @gfp: the GFP mask used in the kmalloc() call when allocating memory
  */
@@ -27,6 +26,30 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kstrdup);
 
 /**
+ * kstrndup - allocate space for and copy an existing string
+ * @s: the string to duplicate
+ * @max: read at most @max chars from @s
+ * @gfp: the GFP mask used in the kmalloc() call when allocating memory
+ */
+char *kstrndup(const char *s, size_t max, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	size_t len;
+	char *buf;
+
+	if (!s)
+		return NULL;
+
+	len = strnlen(s, max);
+	buf = kmalloc_track_caller(len+1, gfp);
+	if (buf) {
+		memcpy(buf, s, len);
+		buf[len] = '\0';
+	}
+	return buf;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kstrndup);
+
+/**
  * kmemdup - duplicate region of memory
  *
  * @src: memory region to duplicate
@@ -80,7 +103,6 @@
 
 /*
  * strndup_user - duplicate an existing string from user space
- *
  * @s: The string to duplicate
  * @n: Maximum number of bytes to copy, including the trailing NUL.
  */