diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
index ec9704181f9470c9a4ad3a03720714fd388b90e1..c79f2edf032377af67c5b1717621a48dbd9f4b00 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ int		rpcb_getport_sync(struct sockaddr_in *, __u32, __u32, int);
 void		rpcb_getport_async(struct rpc_task *);
 
 void		rpc_call_setup(struct rpc_task *, const struct rpc_message *, int);
-
+void		rpc_call_start(struct rpc_task *);
 int		rpc_call_async(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, struct rpc_message *msg,
 			       int flags, const struct rpc_call_ops *tk_ops,
 			       void *calldata);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index aefe3ae218f772d0cd515156b5edd49fbcd73d00..7aeffeebf42d44138fd9d048a199020692876860 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -634,6 +634,13 @@ rpc_call_setup(struct rpc_task *task, const struct rpc_message *msg, int flags)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpc_call_setup);
 
+void
+rpc_call_start(struct rpc_task *task)
+{
+	task->tk_action = call_start;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpc_call_start);
+
 /**
  * rpc_peeraddr - extract remote peer address from clnt's xprt
  * @clnt: RPC client structure