diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
index 02894e417565..6dfbb2efa815 100644
--- a/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/include/linux/string.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ extern char * strchr(const char *,int);
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCHRNUL
 extern char * strchrnul(const char *,int);
 #endif
+extern char * strnchrnul(const char *, size_t, int);
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRNCHR
 extern char * strnchr(const char *, size_t, int);
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index 08ec58cc673b..f607b967d978 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -434,6 +434,23 @@ char *strchrnul(const char *s, int c)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strchrnul);
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * strnchrnul - Find and return a character in a length limited string,
+ * or end of string
+ * @s: The string to be searched
+ * @count: The number of characters to be searched
+ * @c: The character to search for
+ *
+ * Returns pointer to the first occurrence of 'c' in s. If c is not found,
+ * then return a pointer to the last character of the string.
+ */
+char *strnchrnul(const char *s, size_t count, int c)
+{
+	while (count-- && *s && *s != (char)c)
+		s++;
+	return (char *)s;
+}
+
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRRCHR
 /**
  * strrchr - Find the last occurrence of a character in a string