diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 9697b789408f6ddeb958917f559a9d1c3b02c5e9..72544b462657d71d912dde21d15a389f8d7c5fce 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1628,7 +1628,7 @@ unsigned int blk_plug_queued_count(struct request_queue *q)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-void init_request_from_bio(struct request *req, struct bio *bio)
+void blk_init_request_from_bio(struct request *req, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	if (bio->bi_opf & REQ_RAHEAD)
 		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_FAILFAST_MASK;
@@ -1640,6 +1640,7 @@ void init_request_from_bio(struct request *req, struct bio *bio)
 		req->ioprio = bio_prio(bio);
 	blk_rq_bio_prep(req->q, req, bio);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_init_request_from_bio);
 
 static blk_qc_t blk_queue_bio(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 {
@@ -1730,7 +1731,7 @@ static blk_qc_t blk_queue_bio(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	 * We don't worry about that case for efficiency. It won't happen
 	 * often, and the elevators are able to handle it.
 	 */
-	init_request_from_bio(req, bio);
+	blk_init_request_from_bio(req, bio);
 
 	if (test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_COMP, &q->queue_flags))
 		req->cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index e2ef7b4609243d507c4e4a75cb7edf3dca07f89c..c496692ecc5b8e2b717d40bad71aebdb398ea17f 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1424,7 +1424,7 @@ void blk_mq_flush_plug_list(struct blk_plug *plug, bool from_schedule)
 
 static void blk_mq_bio_to_request(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
 {
-	init_request_from_bio(rq, bio);
+	blk_init_request_from_bio(rq, bio);
 
 	blk_account_io_start(rq, true);
 }
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index 35b3041eec1ae6eb7332464d03d679d26943f530..2ed70228e44fc706e6efee71ca000e5e47433217 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ void blk_free_flush_queue(struct blk_flush_queue *q);
 int blk_init_rl(struct request_list *rl, struct request_queue *q,
 		gfp_t gfp_mask);
 void blk_exit_rl(struct request_list *rl);
-void init_request_from_bio(struct request *req, struct bio *bio);
 void blk_rq_bio_prep(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 			struct bio *bio);
 void blk_queue_bypass_start(struct request_queue *q);
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 5b52b3d7818c0986ca81f1d575e4b6ad182994a5..3470375952a101db6c194ba47f50afccb62f79a7 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -924,6 +924,7 @@ extern int blk_register_queue(struct gendisk *disk);
 extern void blk_unregister_queue(struct gendisk *disk);
 extern blk_qc_t generic_make_request(struct bio *bio);
 extern void blk_rq_init(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq);
+extern void blk_init_request_from_bio(struct request *req, struct bio *bio);
 extern void blk_put_request(struct request *);
 extern void __blk_put_request(struct request_queue *, struct request *);
 extern struct request *blk_get_request(struct request_queue *, int, gfp_t);