diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index d0feff61e6aad6cce80df1d7cad635320b8b25eb..5cb9e7e433835d00333ae712612185b0a1f88c35 100644
--- a/fs/sync.c
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -239,13 +239,11 @@ asmlinkage long sys_sync_file_range(int fd, loff_t offset, loff_t nbytes,
 /*
  * `endbyte' is inclusive
  */
-int do_sync_file_range(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t endbyte,
-			unsigned int flags)
+int do_sync_mapping_range(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t offset,
+			  loff_t endbyte, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	int ret;
-	struct address_space *mapping;
 
-	mapping = file->f_mapping;
 	if (!mapping) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
@@ -275,4 +273,4 @@ int do_sync_file_range(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t endbyte,
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(do_sync_file_range);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(do_sync_mapping_range);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 86ec3f4a7da6ec0cc33825c6052c9bbe1c4dbf9a..095a9c9a64fb062605f327c7a35f61ae05655909 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -843,8 +843,13 @@ extern int fcntl_setlease(unsigned int fd, struct file *filp, long arg);
 extern int fcntl_getlease(struct file *filp);
 
 /* fs/sync.c */
-extern int do_sync_file_range(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t endbyte,
-			unsigned int flags);
+extern int do_sync_mapping_range(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t offset,
+			loff_t endbyte, unsigned int flags);
+static inline int do_sync_file_range(struct file *file, loff_t offset,
+			loff_t endbyte, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	return do_sync_mapping_range(file->f_mapping, offset, endbyte, flags);
+}
 
 /* fs/locks.c */
 extern void locks_init_lock(struct file_lock *);