diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index 18baf2c..dc1f937 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -728,3 +728,12 @@
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_skip);
+
+int dump_align(struct coredump_params *cprm, int align)
+{
+	unsigned mod = cprm->written & (align - 1);
+	if (align & (align - 1))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return mod ? dump_skip(cprm, align - mod) : 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_align);