diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index f8b9068439267a3539d671e6e59ceb0b47b90547..7f0e17a27aebcd3b448dca34290ab1c735c89eb1 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -293,20 +293,6 @@ static void __release_stripe(struct r5conf *conf, struct stripe_head *sh)
 		do_release_stripe(conf, sh);
 }
 
-static struct llist_node *llist_reverse_order(struct llist_node *head)
-{
-	struct llist_node *new_head = NULL;
-
-	while (head) {
-		struct llist_node *tmp = head;
-		head = head->next;
-		tmp->next = new_head;
-		new_head = tmp;
-	}
-
-	return new_head;
-}
-
 /* should hold conf->device_lock already */
 static int release_stripe_list(struct r5conf *conf)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/llist.h b/include/linux/llist.h
index 8828a78dec9a2b3ed30d4c91f872405a8594f51a..fbf10a0bc0957c8bb2609da00969d88429797794 100644
--- a/include/linux/llist.h
+++ b/include/linux/llist.h
@@ -195,4 +195,6 @@ static inline struct llist_node *llist_del_all(struct llist_head *head)
 
 extern struct llist_node *llist_del_first(struct llist_head *head);
 
+struct llist_node *llist_reverse_order(struct llist_node *head);
+
 #endif /* LLIST_H */
diff --git a/lib/llist.c b/lib/llist.c
index 4a70d120138cc684eb633ad93c8abedea826b20d..ef48b87247ec0fec1b3cb19d28c35652e5d6c6fd 100644
--- a/lib/llist.c
+++ b/lib/llist.c
@@ -81,3 +81,25 @@ struct llist_node *llist_del_first(struct llist_head *head)
 	return entry;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(llist_del_first);
+
+/**
+ * llist_reverse_order - reverse order of a llist chain
+ * @head:	first item of the list to be reversed
+ *
+ * Reverse the oder of a chain of llist entries and return the
+ * new first entry.
+ */
+struct llist_node *llist_reverse_order(struct llist_node *head)
+{
+	struct llist_node *new_head = NULL;
+
+	while (head) {
+		struct llist_node *tmp = head;
+		head = head->next;
+		tmp->next = new_head;
+		new_head = tmp;
+	}
+
+	return new_head;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(llist_reverse_order);