diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index cb6b5ed..e6fcdd6 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 /*
  * Release a set of thread group credentials.
  */
-void release_tgcred(struct cred *cred)
+static void release_tgcred(struct cred *cred)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
 	struct thread_group_cred *tgcred = cred->tgcred;
@@ -164,6 +164,50 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(prepare_creds);
 
 /*
+ * Prepare credentials for current to perform an execve()
+ * - The caller must hold current->cred_exec_mutex
+ */
+struct cred *prepare_exec_creds(void)
+{
+	struct thread_group_cred *tgcred = NULL;
+	struct cred *new;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
+	tgcred = kmalloc(sizeof(*tgcred), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!tgcred)
+		return NULL;
+#endif
+
+	new = prepare_creds();
+	if (!new) {
+		kfree(tgcred);
+		return new;
+	}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
+	/* newly exec'd tasks don't get a thread keyring */
+	key_put(new->thread_keyring);
+	new->thread_keyring = NULL;
+
+	/* create a new per-thread-group creds for all this set of threads to
+	 * share */
+	memcpy(tgcred, new->tgcred, sizeof(struct thread_group_cred));
+
+	atomic_set(&tgcred->usage, 1);
+	spin_lock_init(&tgcred->lock);
+
+	/* inherit the session keyring; new process keyring */
+	key_get(tgcred->session_keyring);
+	tgcred->process_keyring = NULL;
+
+	release_tgcred(new);
+	new->tgcred = tgcred;
+#endif
+
+	return new;
+}
+
+/*
  * prepare new credentials for the usermode helper dispatcher
  */
 struct cred *prepare_usermodehelper_creds(void)