diff --git a/fs/btrfs/misc.h b/fs/btrfs/misc.h
index 60f9b000d644..a82032c66ccd 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/misc.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/misc.h
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
 #include <linux/bio.h>
 
+/*
+ * Convenience macros to define a pointer with the __free(kfree) and
+ * __free(kvfree) cleanup attributes and initialized to NULL.
+ */
+#define AUTO_KFREE(name)       *name __free(kfree) = NULL
+#define AUTO_KVFREE(name)      *name __free(kvfree) = NULL
+
 /*
  * Enumerate bits using enum autoincrement. Define the @name as the n-th bit.
  */