diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index c3d39e3eb6bd592295bde3b5d2e983eabfc0992e..c9c743093ec59723e11d539dd735a7a857c3cc62 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ void fuse_request_free(struct fuse_req *req)
 	}
 	kmem_cache_free(fuse_req_cachep, req);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fuse_request_free);
 
 void __fuse_get_request(struct fuse_req *req)
 {