diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index c1c7a9d..07fcf0b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -257,6 +257,34 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V4_SECURITY_LABEL
+struct nfs4_label *nfs4_label_alloc(struct nfs_server *server, gfp_t flags)
+{
+	struct nfs4_label *label = NULL;
+	int minor_version = server->nfs_client->cl_minorversion;
+
+	if (minor_version < 2)
+		return label;
+
+	if (!(server->caps & NFS_CAP_SECURITY_LABEL))
+		return label;
+
+	label = kzalloc(sizeof(struct nfs4_label), flags);
+	if (label == NULL)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	label->label = kzalloc(NFS4_MAXLABELLEN, flags);
+	if (label->label == NULL) {
+		kfree(label);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
+	label->len = NFS4_MAXLABELLEN;
+
+	return label;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs4_label_alloc);
+#endif
+
 /*
  * This is our front-end to iget that looks up inodes by file handle
  * instead of inode number.