diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
index 137e18abb7e792660be11acf7b114213f71cd9a1..a417aaaeee4a9274206e751d3a4ba9ca8d91a255 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
@@ -273,6 +273,9 @@ int nfs4_replace_transport(struct nfs_server *server,
 
 /* nfs4proc.c */
 extern int nfs4_handle_exception(struct nfs_server *, int, struct nfs4_exception *);
+extern int nfs4_async_handle_error(struct rpc_task *task,
+				   struct nfs_server *server,
+				   struct nfs4_state *state, long *timeout);
 extern int nfs4_call_sync(struct rpc_clnt *, struct nfs_server *,
 			  struct rpc_message *, struct nfs4_sequence_args *,
 			  struct nfs4_sequence_res *, int);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index b22b41eff9c09c32ff94795694edb4f2279c2490..f9a70aaf13da1a673ffa9482e75f2310647cd093 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ nfs4_async_handle_exception(struct rpc_task *task, struct nfs_server *server,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int
+int
 nfs4_async_handle_error(struct rpc_task *task, struct nfs_server *server,
 			struct nfs4_state *state, long *timeout)
 {