diff --git a/include/linux/rbtree.h b/include/linux/rbtree.h
index 0022c1bb1e26..c467151e9950 100644
--- a/include/linux/rbtree.h
+++ b/include/linux/rbtree.h
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ extern struct rb_node *rb_prev(const struct rb_node *);
 extern struct rb_node *rb_first(const struct rb_root *);
 extern struct rb_node *rb_last(const struct rb_root *);
 
+/* Postorder iteration - always visit the parent after its children */
+extern struct rb_node *rb_first_postorder(const struct rb_root *);
+extern struct rb_node *rb_next_postorder(const struct rb_node *);
+
 /* Fast replacement of a single node without remove/rebalance/add/rebalance */
 extern void rb_replace_node(struct rb_node *victim, struct rb_node *new, 
 			    struct rb_root *root);
diff --git a/lib/rbtree.c b/lib/rbtree.c
index c0e31fe2fabf..65f4effd117f 100644
--- a/lib/rbtree.c
+++ b/lib/rbtree.c
@@ -518,3 +518,43 @@ void rb_replace_node(struct rb_node *victim, struct rb_node *new,
 	*new = *victim;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rb_replace_node);
+
+static struct rb_node *rb_left_deepest_node(const struct rb_node *node)
+{
+	for (;;) {
+		if (node->rb_left)
+			node = node->rb_left;
+		else if (node->rb_right)
+			node = node->rb_right;
+		else
+			return (struct rb_node *)node;
+	}
+}
+
+struct rb_node *rb_next_postorder(const struct rb_node *node)
+{
+	const struct rb_node *parent;
+	if (!node)
+		return NULL;
+	parent = rb_parent(node);
+
+	/* If we're sitting on node, we've already seen our children */
+	if (parent && node == parent->rb_left && parent->rb_right) {
+		/* If we are the parent's left node, go to the parent's right
+		 * node then all the way down to the left */
+		return rb_left_deepest_node(parent->rb_right);
+	} else
+		/* Otherwise we are the parent's right node, and the parent
+		 * should be next */
+		return (struct rb_node *)parent;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rb_next_postorder);
+
+struct rb_node *rb_first_postorder(const struct rb_root *root)
+{
+	if (!root->rb_node)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return rb_left_deepest_node(root->rb_node);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rb_first_postorder);