diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c
index 33ede23..a236522 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c
@@ -704,6 +704,37 @@ int ubi_sync(int ubi_num)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ubi_sync);

+/**
+ * ubi_lnum_purge - synchronously erase unmapped PEBs by LEB number.
+ * @ubi_num: UBI device to erase PEBs
+ * @lnum: the LEB number to erase old unmapped PEBs.
+ *
+ * This function is designed to offer a means to ensure that the contents of
+ * old, unmapped LEBs are securely erased without having to flush the entire
+ * work queue of all erase blocks that need erasure.  Simply erasing the block
+ * at the time of unmapped is insufficient, as the wear-levelling subsystem
+ * may have already moved the contents. This function navigates the list of
+ * erase blocks that need erasures, and performs an immediate and synchronous
+ * erasure of any erase block that has held data for this particular @lnum.
+ * This may include eraseblocks that held older versions of the same @lnum.
+ * Returns zero in case of success and a negative error code in case of
+ * failure.
+ */
+int ubi_lnum_purge(int ubi_num, int lnum)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct ubi_device *ubi;
+
+	ubi = ubi_get_device(ubi_num);
+	if (!ubi)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	err = ubi_wl_flush_lnum(ubi, lnum);
+	ubi_put_device(ubi);
+	return err;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ubi_lnum_purge);
+
 BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(ubi_notifiers);

 /**
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.h b/drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.h
index b3e5815..f91f965 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.h
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.h
@@ -535,6 +535,7 @@ int ubi_eba_init_scan(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_scan_info *si);
 int ubi_wl_get_peb(struct ubi_device *ubi);
 int ubi_wl_put_peb(struct ubi_device *ubi, int pnum, int torture, int lnum);
 int ubi_wl_flush(struct ubi_device *ubi);
+int ubi_wl_flush_lnum(struct ubi_device *ubi, int lnum);
 int ubi_wl_scrub_peb(struct ubi_device *ubi, int pnum);
 int ubi_wl_init_scan(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_scan_info *si);
 void ubi_wl_close(struct ubi_device *ubi);
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
index 4e51735..56d9836 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
@@ -610,7 +610,6 @@ static int schedule_erase(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_wl_entry *e,
 	wl_wrk->e = e;
 	wl_wrk->torture = torture;
 	wl_wrk->lnum = lnum;
-
 	schedule_ubi_work(ubi, wl_wrk);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1237,6 +1236,47 @@ retry:
 }

 /**
+ * ubi_wl_flush_lnum - flush all pending works associated with a LEB number
+ * @ubi: UBI device description object
+ * @lnum: the LEB number only for which work should be synchronously executed
+ *
+ * This function executes pending works for PEBs which are associated with a
+ * particular LEB number. If one of the pending works fail, for instance, due
+ * to the erase block becoming bad block during erasure, then it returns the
+ * error without continuing, but removes the work from the queue. This
+ * function returns zero if no work on the queue remains for lnum and all work
+ * in the call executed successfully.
+ */
+int ubi_wl_flush_lnum(struct ubi_device *ubi, int lnum)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+	struct ubi_work *wrk, *tmp;
+
+	/* For each pending work, if it corresponds to the parameter @lnum,
+	 * then execute the work.
+	 */
+	dbg_wl("flush lnum %d", lnum);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(wrk, tmp, &ubi->works, list) {
+		if (wrk->lnum == lnum) {
+			down_read(&ubi->work_sem);
+			spin_lock(&ubi->wl_lock);
+
+			list_del(&wrk->list);
+			ubi->works_count -= 1;
+			ubi_assert(ubi->works_count >= 0);
+			spin_unlock(&ubi->wl_lock);
+
+			err = wrk->func(ubi, wrk, 0);
+			up_read(&ubi->work_sem);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+/**
  * ubi_wl_flush - flush all pending works.
  * @ubi: UBI device description object
  *
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/ubi.h b/include/linux/mtd/ubi.h
index 9838dce..8087e99 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/ubi.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/ubi.h
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ int ubi_leb_unmap(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc, int lnum);
 int ubi_leb_map(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc, int lnum);
 int ubi_is_mapped(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc, int lnum);
 int ubi_sync(int ubi_num);
+int ubi_lnum_purge(int ubi_num, int lnum);

 /*
  * This function is the same as the 'ubi_leb_read()' function, but it does not
