diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index 9477f8f6aefca491ec50be5c2fda03cf64997a65..0f0626a6997cdbfb12be51910d922b4d3ac6d868 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -138,12 +138,6 @@ extern long prune_dcache_sb(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long nr_to_scan,
  */
 extern int rw_verify_area(int, struct file *, const loff_t *, size_t);
 
-/*
- * splice.c
- */
-extern long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
-		loff_t *opos, size_t len, unsigned int flags);
-
 /*
  * pipe.c
  */
diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index f5cb9ba84510fe5632a62af0bbf3843a45eeba23..75c6058eabf2e37b27df85fafe6e6b2b5b9379dd 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -1330,6 +1330,7 @@ long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
 
 	return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(do_splice_direct);
 
 static int splice_pipe_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe,
 			       struct pipe_inode_info *opipe,
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 5cf7f6759679ea18b33bebbcb9624c346b7cc5e2..10ed65b2c31de7d006929cbc42b2d4cc44d37461 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2456,6 +2456,9 @@ extern ssize_t iter_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *,
 		struct file *, loff_t *, size_t, unsigned int);
 extern ssize_t generic_splice_sendpage(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
 		struct file *out, loff_t *, size_t len, unsigned int flags);
+extern long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
+		loff_t *opos, size_t len, unsigned int flags);
+
 
 extern void
 file_ra_state_init(struct file_ra_state *ra, struct address_space *mapping);