diff --git a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
index bdb65a8ec4821ddfe5ba44c5968e76482b7aa539..7bf36cd03ad10e623fe35d90e67aa0ad97f3d6d6 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
+++ b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
@@ -933,6 +933,7 @@ int parse_fuse_opt(char *opt, struct fuse_mount_data *d, int is_bdev,
 int fuse_fill_super_common(struct super_block *sb,
 			   struct fuse_mount_data *mount_data,
 			   void **fudptr);
+void fuse_send_init(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req);
 
 /**
  * Add connection to control filesystem
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index bd43900f4cb73b49dc2e1ed30c3bc341c39940b4..209a3afe68f7a7e581f19c759b52d8658cabea70 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ static void process_init_reply(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
 	wake_up_all(&fc->blocked_waitq);
 }
 
-static void fuse_send_init(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
+void fuse_send_init(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
 {
 	struct fuse_init_in *arg = &req->misc.init_in;
 
@@ -959,6 +959,7 @@ static void fuse_send_init(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
 	req->end = process_init_reply;
 	fuse_request_send_background(fc, req);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fuse_send_init);
 
 static void fuse_free_conn(struct fuse_conn *fc)
 {