diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c
index d40e321768a096949f41e5f56357eed1e46c965d..31a20b462266611299aeeae5cd51fd19b69b635e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c
@@ -161,13 +161,10 @@ static int srp_tmo_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	int tmo, res;
 
-	if (strncmp(val, "off", 3) != 0) {
-		res = kstrtoint(val, 0, &tmo);
-		if (res)
-			goto out;
-	} else {
-		tmo = -1;
-	}
+	res = srp_parse_tmo(&tmo, val);
+	if (res)
+		goto out;
+
 	if (kp->arg == &srp_reconnect_delay)
 		res = srp_tmo_valid(tmo, srp_fast_io_fail_tmo,
 				    srp_dev_loss_tmo);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_srp.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_srp.c
index a85292b1d09d090261f89f2f6eed018f6277abb9..e3cd3ece44121c7d8ee3806a40a42acf069f6958 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_srp.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_srp.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ static ssize_t srp_show_tmo(char *buf, int tmo)
 	return tmo >= 0 ? sprintf(buf, "%d\n", tmo) : sprintf(buf, "off\n");
 }
 
-static int srp_parse_tmo(int *tmo, const char *buf)
+int srp_parse_tmo(int *tmo, const char *buf)
 {
 	int res = 0;
 
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ static int srp_parse_tmo(int *tmo, const char *buf)
 
 	return res;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(srp_parse_tmo);
 
 static ssize_t show_reconnect_delay(struct device *dev,
 				    struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_transport_srp.h b/include/scsi/scsi_transport_srp.h
index cdb05dd1d4401134fcef914cefaa1338eb629437..d40d3ef25707bd7979a36d9e6e094a394d9f915e 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_transport_srp.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_transport_srp.h
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ extern struct srp_rport *srp_rport_add(struct Scsi_Host *,
 extern void srp_rport_del(struct srp_rport *);
 extern int srp_tmo_valid(int reconnect_delay, int fast_io_fail_tmo,
 			 int dev_loss_tmo);
+int srp_parse_tmo(int *tmo, const char *buf);
 extern int srp_reconnect_rport(struct srp_rport *rport);
 extern void srp_start_tl_fail_timers(struct srp_rport *rport);
 extern void srp_remove_host(struct Scsi_Host *);