diff --git a/fs/exportfs/expfs.c b/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
index 10f137381ac7ec84ca13ea3332373f091cc58f81..606bb074c501842a1cf11df97464002e6d098f30 100644
--- a/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
+++ b/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
@@ -341,10 +341,21 @@ static int export_encode_fh(struct inode *inode, struct fid *fid,
 	return type;
 }
 
+int exportfs_encode_inode_fh(struct inode *inode, struct fid *fid,
+			     int *max_len, struct inode *parent)
+{
+	const struct export_operations *nop = inode->i_sb->s_export_op;
+
+	if (nop && nop->encode_fh)
+		return nop->encode_fh(inode, fid->raw, max_len, parent);
+
+	return export_encode_fh(inode, fid, max_len, parent);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(exportfs_encode_inode_fh);
+
 int exportfs_encode_fh(struct dentry *dentry, struct fid *fid, int *max_len,
 		int connectable)
 {
-	const struct export_operations *nop = dentry->d_sb->s_export_op;
 	int error;
 	struct dentry *p = NULL;
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode, *parent = NULL;
@@ -357,10 +368,8 @@ int exportfs_encode_fh(struct dentry *dentry, struct fid *fid, int *max_len,
 		 */
 		parent = p->d_inode;
 	}
-	if (nop && nop->encode_fh)
-		error = nop->encode_fh(inode, fid->raw, max_len, parent);
-	else
-		error = export_encode_fh(inode, fid, max_len, parent);
+
+	error = exportfs_encode_inode_fh(inode, fid, max_len, parent);
 	dput(p);
 
 	return error;
diff --git a/include/linux/exportfs.h b/include/linux/exportfs.h
index 12291a7ee2759164026ac602ab1712b5d66faef0..c7e6b6392ab8e28a92d69b17ea17a88c72a935a3 100644
--- a/include/linux/exportfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/exportfs.h
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ struct export_operations {
 	int (*commit_metadata)(struct inode *inode);
 };
 
+extern int exportfs_encode_inode_fh(struct inode *inode, struct fid *fid,
+				    int *max_len, struct inode *parent);
 extern int exportfs_encode_fh(struct dentry *dentry, struct fid *fid,
 	int *max_len, int connectable);
 extern struct dentry *exportfs_decode_fh(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct fid *fid,