diff --git a/fs/nfs/read.c b/fs/nfs/read.c
index f856004bb7fa3c8ed4bfe99c3c61ccd6d5729861..98b74009c9d7910127c3330f58e342a6958acfc0 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/read.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/read.c
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ static void nfs_readpage_truncate_uninitialised_page(struct nfs_read_data *data)
 	}
 }
 
-static int nfs_readpage_async(struct nfs_open_context *ctx, struct inode *inode,
-		struct page *page)
+int nfs_readpage_async(struct nfs_open_context *ctx, struct inode *inode,
+		       struct page *page)
 {
 	LIST_HEAD(one_request);
 	struct nfs_page	*new;
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index 8a99e79d5ea5df60df0725444fe8c5c62977f5b6..fdffb413b19276e7f7c9a2cc49bf7ec84e80a7cf 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -516,6 +516,8 @@ extern int  nfs_readpages(struct file *, struct address_space *,
 		struct list_head *, unsigned);
 extern int  nfs_readpage_result(struct rpc_task *, struct nfs_read_data *);
 extern void nfs_readdata_release(void *data);
+extern int  nfs_readpage_async(struct nfs_open_context *, struct inode *,
+			       struct page *);
 
 /*
  * Allocate nfs_read_data structures