diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index a2e3ebead410..7b84379e3a1b 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1584,11 +1584,13 @@ static inline void put_page(struct page *page)
 #define GUP_PIN_COUNTING_BIAS (1U << 10)
 
 void unpin_user_page(struct page *page);
+void unpin_folio(struct folio *folio);
 void unpin_user_pages_dirty_lock(struct page **pages, unsigned long npages,
 				 bool make_dirty);
 void unpin_user_page_range_dirty_lock(struct page *page, unsigned long npages,
 				      bool make_dirty);
 void unpin_user_pages(struct page **pages, unsigned long npages);
+void unpin_folios(struct folio **folios, unsigned long nfolios);
 
 static inline bool is_cow_mapping(vm_flags_t flags)
 {
diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 2f46acefdee8..fd6a5b52a8f7 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -188,6 +188,19 @@ void unpin_user_page(struct page *page)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unpin_user_page);
 
+/**
+ * unpin_folio() - release a dma-pinned folio
+ * @folio:         pointer to folio to be released
+ *
+ * Folios that were pinned via memfd_pin_folios() or other similar routines
+ * must be released either using unpin_folio() or unpin_folios().
+ */
+void unpin_folio(struct folio *folio)
+{
+	gup_put_folio(folio, 1, FOLL_PIN);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unpin_folio);
+
 /**
  * folio_add_pin - Try to get an additional pin on a pinned folio
  * @folio: The folio to be pinned
@@ -400,6 +413,40 @@ void unpin_user_pages(struct page **pages, unsigned long npages)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unpin_user_pages);
 
+/**
+ * unpin_folios() - release an array of gup-pinned folios.
+ * @folios:  array of folios to be marked dirty and released.
+ * @nfolios: number of folios in the @folios array.
+ *
+ * For each folio in the @folios array, release the folio using gup_put_folio.
+ *
+ * Please see the unpin_folio() documentation for details.
+ */
+void unpin_folios(struct folio **folios, unsigned long nfolios)
+{
+	unsigned long i = 0, j;
+
+	/*
+	 * If this WARN_ON() fires, then the system *might* be leaking folios
+	 * (by leaving them pinned), but probably not. More likely, gup/pup
+	 * returned a hard -ERRNO error to the caller, who erroneously passed
+	 * it here.
+	 */
+	if (WARN_ON(IS_ERR_VALUE(nfolios)))
+		return;
+
+	while (i < nfolios) {
+		for (j = i + 1; j < nfolios; j++)
+			if (folios[i] != folios[j])
+				break;
+
+		if (folios[i])
+			gup_put_folio(folios[i], j - i, FOLL_PIN);
+		i = j;
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unpin_folios);
+
 /*
  * Set the MMF_HAS_PINNED if not set yet; after set it'll be there for the mm's
  * lifecycle.  Avoid setting the bit unless necessary, or it might cause write