diff --git a/fs/inotify.c b/fs/inotify.c
index a37e9fb1da58..9fbaebfdf40b 100644
--- a/fs/inotify.c
+++ b/fs/inotify.c
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ static inline void put_inotify_dev(struct inotify_device *dev)
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&dev->count)) {
 		atomic_dec(&dev->user->inotify_devs);
 		free_uid(dev->user);
+		idr_destroy(&dev->idr);
 		kfree(dev);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/idr.h b/include/linux/idr.h
index ca3b7e462576..3d5de45f961b 100644
--- a/include/linux/idr.h
+++ b/include/linux/idr.h
@@ -75,4 +75,5 @@ int idr_pre_get(struct idr *idp, unsigned gfp_mask);
 int idr_get_new(struct idr *idp, void *ptr, int *id);
 int idr_get_new_above(struct idr *idp, void *ptr, int starting_id, int *id);
 void idr_remove(struct idr *idp, int id);
+void idr_destroy(struct idr *idp);
 void idr_init(struct idr *idp);
diff --git a/lib/idr.c b/lib/idr.c
index 6415d053e2bf..d4df21debc4d 100644
--- a/lib/idr.c
+++ b/lib/idr.c
@@ -345,6 +345,19 @@ void idr_remove(struct idr *idp, int id)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(idr_remove);
 
+/**
+ * idr_destroy - release all cached layers within an idr tree
+ * idp: idr handle
+ */
+void idr_destroy(struct idr *idp)
+{
+	while (idp->id_free_cnt) {
+		struct idr_layer *p = alloc_layer(idp);
+		kmem_cache_free(idr_layer_cache, p);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(idr_destroy);
+
 /**
  * idr_find - return pointer for given id
  * @idp: idr handle