diff --git a/include/linux/task_work.h b/include/linux/task_work.h
index da581770b89d..ad9432313627 100644
--- a/include/linux/task_work.h
+++ b/include/linux/task_work.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ int task_work_add(struct task_struct *task, struct callback_head *twork,
 struct callback_head *task_work_cancel_match(struct task_struct *task,
 	bool (*match)(struct callback_head *, void *data), void *data);
 struct callback_head *task_work_cancel_func(struct task_struct *, task_work_func_t);
+bool task_work_cancel(struct task_struct *task, struct callback_head *cb);
 void task_work_run(void);
 
 static inline void exit_task_work(struct task_struct *task)
diff --git a/kernel/task_work.c b/kernel/task_work.c
index 8ebf97e5dca0..b8515291f742 100644
--- a/kernel/task_work.c
+++ b/kernel/task_work.c
@@ -120,6 +120,30 @@ task_work_cancel_func(struct task_struct *task, task_work_func_t func)
 	return task_work_cancel_match(task, task_work_func_match, func);
 }
 
+static bool task_work_match(struct callback_head *cb, void *data)
+{
+	return cb == data;
+}
+
+/**
+ * task_work_cancel - cancel a pending work added by task_work_add()
+ * @task: the task which should execute the work
+ * @cb: the callback to remove if queued
+ *
+ * Remove a callback from a task's queue if queued.
+ *
+ * RETURNS:
+ * True if the callback was queued and got cancelled, false otherwise.
+ */
+bool task_work_cancel(struct task_struct *task, struct callback_head *cb)
+{
+	struct callback_head *ret;
+
+	ret = task_work_cancel_match(task, task_work_match, cb);
+
+	return ret == cb;
+}
+
 /**
  * task_work_run - execute the works added by task_work_add()
  *