Index: uspace/srv/vfs/vfs.h
===================================================================
--- uspace/srv/vfs/vfs.h	(revision 319f4fb1956dc3c4cad77776580e58f8eaa107b2)
+++ uspace/srv/vfs/vfs.h	(revision c4aca2ce29b16f034724660fe30761fde0732fd2)
@@ -181,4 +181,5 @@
 extern vfs_node_t *vfs_node_get(vfs_lookup_res_t *);
 extern void vfs_node_put(vfs_node_t *);
+extern void vfs_node_forget(vfs_node_t *);
 extern unsigned vfs_nodes_refcount_sum_get(fs_handle_t, dev_handle_t);
 
Index: uspace/srv/vfs/vfs_node.c
===================================================================
--- uspace/srv/vfs/vfs_node.c	(revision 319f4fb1956dc3c4cad77776580e58f8eaa107b2)
+++ uspace/srv/vfs/vfs_node.c	(revision c4aca2ce29b16f034724660fe30761fde0732fd2)
@@ -137,4 +137,24 @@
 	if (free_vfs_node)
 		free(node);
+}
+
+/** Forget node.
+ *
+ * This function will remove the node from the node hash table and deallocate
+ * its memory, regardless of the node's reference count.
+ *
+ * @param node	Node to be forgotten.
+ */
+void vfs_node_forget(vfs_node_t *node)
+{
+	fibril_mutex_lock(&nodes_mutex);
+	unsigned long key[] = {
+		[KEY_FS_HANDLE] = node->fs_handle,
+		[KEY_DEV_HANDLE] = node->dev_handle,
+		[KEY_INDEX] = node->index
+	};
+	hash_table_remove(&nodes, key, 3);
+	fibril_mutex_unlock(&nodes_mutex);
+	free(node);
 }