diff --git a/fs/io-wq.c b/fs/io-wq.c
index 7ccedc82a70348d4439a7a0c945efbe75159b0c5..f7eb577ccd2daece7ebbaf4cdc33b4def73add82 100644
--- a/fs/io-wq.c
+++ b/fs/io-wq.c
@@ -1114,6 +1114,14 @@ err:
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
+bool io_wq_get(struct io_wq *wq, struct io_wq_data *data)
+{
+	if (data->get_work != wq->get_work || data->put_work != wq->put_work)
+		return false;
+
+	return refcount_inc_not_zero(&wq->use_refs);
+}
+
 static bool io_wq_worker_wake(struct io_worker *worker, void *data)
 {
 	wake_up_process(worker->task);
diff --git a/fs/io-wq.h b/fs/io-wq.h
index 167316ad447ed5b41583840db1653e3a74e4a358..c42602c58c561740e2e89ffeaeb79fc5c1811fea 100644
--- a/fs/io-wq.h
+++ b/fs/io-wq.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ struct io_wq_data {
 };
 
 struct io_wq *io_wq_create(unsigned bounded, struct io_wq_data *data);
+bool io_wq_get(struct io_wq *wq, struct io_wq_data *data);
 void io_wq_destroy(struct io_wq *wq);
 
 void io_wq_enqueue(struct io_wq *wq, struct io_wq_work *work);