diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index cf8fc2f0b34bbb13d8957b48ad8d0368f353bbda..0b3448dba9ec3028f93bbd769682d9798a8aace6 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -489,6 +489,10 @@ To clear the bits for the file mapped pages associated with the process
 To clear the soft-dirty bit
     > echo 4 > /proc/PID/clear_refs
 
+To reset the peak resident set size ("high water mark") to the process's
+current value:
+    > echo 5 > /proc/PID/clear_refs
+
 Any other value written to /proc/PID/clear_refs will have no effect.
 
 The /proc/pid/pagemap gives the PFN, which can be used to find the pageflags
diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 0e36c1e49fe30be1a7932bb2fb4d00e9ec9c84a3..1359a911d194da7e0941cda4e67b793f2937ce58 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -732,6 +732,7 @@ enum clear_refs_types {
 	CLEAR_REFS_ANON,
 	CLEAR_REFS_MAPPED,
 	CLEAR_REFS_SOFT_DIRTY,
+	CLEAR_REFS_MM_HIWATER_RSS,
 	CLEAR_REFS_LAST,
 };
 
@@ -907,6 +908,18 @@ static ssize_t clear_refs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 			.mm = mm,
 			.private = &cp,
 		};
+
+		if (type == CLEAR_REFS_MM_HIWATER_RSS) {
+			/*
+			 * Writing 5 to /proc/pid/clear_refs resets the peak
+			 * resident set size to this mm's current rss value.
+			 */
+			down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+			reset_mm_hiwater_rss(mm);
+			up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+			goto out_mm;
+		}
+
 		down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 		if (type == CLEAR_REFS_SOFT_DIRTY) {
 			for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
@@ -928,6 +941,7 @@ static ssize_t clear_refs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 			mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(mm, 0, -1);
 		flush_tlb_mm(mm);
 		up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+out_mm:
 		mmput(mm);
 	}
 	put_task_struct(task);
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index bd52e2f140276d9aa22caf7753463f1de2960d85..9bee7ec0c31f6c8fc328cc3b1ca118ec9be6a601 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1408,6 +1408,11 @@ static inline void update_hiwater_vm(struct mm_struct *mm)
 		mm->hiwater_vm = mm->total_vm;
 }
 
+static inline void reset_mm_hiwater_rss(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+	mm->hiwater_rss = get_mm_rss(mm);
+}
+
 static inline void setmax_mm_hiwater_rss(unsigned long *maxrss,
 					 struct mm_struct *mm)
 {