diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c
index 1f8e2dc9c616a0b7e02559537c05b109123b5b80..30268bb2ddb6a3e78dc114606ed8c0b4b615d54a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c
@@ -2363,17 +2363,13 @@ do_device_access(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd, u64 lba, u32 num, bool do_write)
 	u64 block, rest = 0;
 	struct scsi_data_buffer *sdb;
 	enum dma_data_direction dir;
-	size_t (*func)(struct scatterlist *, unsigned int, void *, size_t,
-		       off_t);
 
 	if (do_write) {
 		sdb = scsi_out(scmd);
 		dir = DMA_TO_DEVICE;
-		func = sg_pcopy_to_buffer;
 	} else {
 		sdb = scsi_in(scmd);
 		dir = DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
-		func = sg_pcopy_from_buffer;
 	}
 
 	if (!sdb->length)
@@ -2385,16 +2381,16 @@ do_device_access(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd, u64 lba, u32 num, bool do_write)
 	if (block + num > sdebug_store_sectors)
 		rest = block + num - sdebug_store_sectors;
 
-	ret = func(sdb->table.sgl, sdb->table.nents,
+	ret = sg_copy_buffer(sdb->table.sgl, sdb->table.nents,
 		   fake_storep + (block * scsi_debug_sector_size),
-		   (num - rest) * scsi_debug_sector_size, 0);
+		   (num - rest) * scsi_debug_sector_size, 0, do_write);
 	if (ret != (num - rest) * scsi_debug_sector_size)
 		return ret;
 
 	if (rest) {
-		ret += func(sdb->table.sgl, sdb->table.nents,
+		ret += sg_copy_buffer(sdb->table.sgl, sdb->table.nents,
 			    fake_storep, rest * scsi_debug_sector_size,
-			    (num - rest) * scsi_debug_sector_size);
+			    (num - rest) * scsi_debug_sector_size, do_write);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/include/linux/scatterlist.h b/include/linux/scatterlist.h
index 505d0481df1e95dac6bb07e004b6919bdac3565a..9b1ef0c820a72dab0fb8dea4658f26d9bc4ad6ab 100644
--- a/include/linux/scatterlist.h
+++ b/include/linux/scatterlist.h
@@ -265,6 +265,9 @@ int sg_alloc_table_from_pages(struct sg_table *sgt,
 	unsigned long offset, unsigned long size,
 	gfp_t gfp_mask);
 
+size_t sg_copy_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents, void *buf,
+		      size_t buflen, off_t skip, bool to_buffer);
+
 size_t sg_copy_from_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents,
 			   const void *buf, size_t buflen);
 size_t sg_copy_to_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents,
diff --git a/lib/scatterlist.c b/lib/scatterlist.c
index 317b62c6da3c2ca871d2f0f236b198a47b984cba..d105a9f56878e57e2587f2704121c0210b8fb941 100644
--- a/lib/scatterlist.c
+++ b/lib/scatterlist.c
@@ -650,9 +650,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_miter_stop);
  * Returns the number of copied bytes.
  *
  **/
-static size_t sg_copy_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents,
-			     void *buf, size_t buflen, off_t skip,
-			     bool to_buffer)
+size_t sg_copy_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents, void *buf,
+		      size_t buflen, off_t skip, bool to_buffer)
 {
 	unsigned int offset = 0;
 	struct sg_mapping_iter miter;
@@ -689,6 +688,7 @@ static size_t sg_copy_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents,
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 	return offset;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_copy_buffer);
 
 /**
  * sg_copy_from_buffer - Copy from a linear buffer to an SG list