diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index a7dce91..eb279e3 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2446,7 +2446,10 @@ int vfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir, struct dentry *new_de
 		return error;
 
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-	error = dir->i_op->link(old_dentry, dir, new_dentry);
+	if (dir->i_op->relink)
+		error = dir->i_op->relink(old_dentry, dir, new_dentry);
+	else
+		error = dir->i_op->link(old_dentry, dir, new_dentry);
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	if (!error)
 		fsnotify_link(dir, inode, new_dentry);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index ee725ff..d932eb7 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1528,6 +1528,7 @@ struct inode_operations {
 	int (*create) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,int, struct nameidata *);
 	struct dentry * (*lookup) (struct inode *,struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
 	int (*link) (struct dentry *,struct inode *,struct dentry *);
+	int (*relink) (struct dentry *,struct inode *,struct dentry *);
 	int (*unlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
 	int (*symlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,const char *);
 	int (*mkdir) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,int);