diff --git a/include/linux/closure.h b/include/linux/closure.h
index c554c6a08768..99155df162d0 100644
--- a/include/linux/closure.h
+++ b/include/linux/closure.h
@@ -194,6 +194,18 @@ static inline void closure_sync(struct closure *cl)
 		__closure_sync(cl);
 }
 
+int __closure_sync_timeout(struct closure *cl, unsigned long timeout);
+
+static inline int closure_sync_timeout(struct closure *cl, unsigned long timeout)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_CLOSURES
+	BUG_ON(closure_nr_remaining(cl) != 1 && !cl->closure_get_happened);
+#endif
+	return cl->closure_get_happened
+		? __closure_sync_timeout(cl, timeout)
+		: 0;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_CLOSURES
 
 void closure_debug_create(struct closure *cl);
diff --git a/lib/closure.c b/lib/closure.c
index c16540552d61..07409e9e35a5 100644
--- a/lib/closure.c
+++ b/lib/closure.c
@@ -139,6 +139,43 @@ void __sched __closure_sync(struct closure *cl)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__closure_sync);
 
+int __sched __closure_sync_timeout(struct closure *cl, unsigned long timeout)
+{
+	struct closure_syncer s = { .task = current };
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	cl->s = &s;
+	continue_at(cl, closure_sync_fn, NULL);
+
+	while (1) {
+		set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+		if (s.done)
+			break;
+		if (!timeout) {
+			/*
+			 * Carefully undo the continue_at() - but only if it
+			 * hasn't completed, i.e. the final closure_put() hasn't
+			 * happened yet:
+			 */
+			unsigned old, new, v = atomic_read(&cl->remaining);
+			do {
+				old = v;
+				if (!old || (old & CLOSURE_RUNNING))
+					goto success;
+
+				new = old + CLOSURE_REMAINING_INITIALIZER;
+			} while ((v = atomic_cmpxchg(&cl->remaining, old, new)) != old);
+			ret = -ETIME;
+		}
+
+		timeout = schedule_timeout(timeout);
+	}
+success:
+	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__closure_sync_timeout);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_CLOSURES
 
 static LIST_HEAD(closure_list);