diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 3c659015d2c8d168a9c2668fa26d70943b1be299..0d9a2e201f1c6efdd894809f83376458591048b2 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -3516,5 +3516,7 @@ extern void inode_nohighmem(struct inode *inode);
 /* mm/fadvise.c */
 extern int vfs_fadvise(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len,
 		       int advice);
+extern int generic_fadvise(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len,
+			   int advice);
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_FS_H */
diff --git a/mm/fadvise.c b/mm/fadvise.c
index 467bcd032037a905e991cefe9fe48922f2031036..57f36c0943f9539b43007f46c1d7367243a63e6e 100644
--- a/mm/fadvise.c
+++ b/mm/fadvise.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  * deactivate the pages and clear PG_Referenced.
  */
 
-static int generic_fadvise(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len,
+int generic_fadvise(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len,
 			   int advice)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ static int generic_fadvise(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len,
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_fadvise);
 
 int vfs_fadvise(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len, int advice)
 {