diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
index 309760b7e37f0c9a7d08ddcf047196dc1eb70875..58aab630dfc1a55eaf06975d5a48600b5f14e49e 100644
--- a/block/ioctl.c
+++ b/block/ioctl.c
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ static int blkdev_locked_ioctl(struct file *file, struct block_device *bdev,
 	return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
 }
 
-static int blkdev_driver_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
-		struct gendisk *disk, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
+int blkdev_driver_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
+			struct gendisk *disk, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	int ret;
 	if (disk->fops->unlocked_ioctl)
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ static int blkdev_driver_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 
 	return -ENOTTY;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blkdev_driver_ioctl);
 
 int blkdev_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, unsigned cmd,
 			unsigned long arg)
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-linear.c b/drivers/md/dm-linear.c
index c58f072ccae6b3c2e90017725b0cad917d9a1554..2a6bad451f8660bfb9783ad90f0b762328a974c1 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-linear.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static int linear_ioctl(struct dm_target *ti, struct inode *inode,
 	struct linear_c *lc = (struct linear_c *) ti->private;
 	struct block_device *bdev = lc->dev->bdev;
 
-	return blkdev_ioctl(bdev->bd_inode, filp, cmd, arg);
+	return blkdev_driver_ioctl(bdev->bd_inode, filp, bdev->bd_disk, cmd, arg);
 }
 
 static struct target_type linear_target = {
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
index 14cfdb538efdcb6279742e7046b5381925c74b10..dcfbf830964cb3de1033e3a8159c3ed131dcc076 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
@@ -1290,7 +1290,8 @@ static int multipath_ioctl(struct dm_target *ti, struct inode *inode,
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&m->lock, flags);
 
-	return r ? : blkdev_ioctl(bdev->bd_inode, filp, cmd, arg);
+	return r ? : blkdev_driver_ioctl(bdev->bd_inode, filp, bdev->bd_disk,
+		     cmd, arg);
 }
 
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 7b61e94bf8fcc7b492c10da8f3a1a746d8765504..f53bf4ff195592bfa315677b45dc073a02d63b56 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1523,6 +1523,9 @@ extern const struct file_operations def_fifo_fops;
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
 extern int ioctl_by_bdev(struct block_device *, unsigned, unsigned long);
 extern int blkdev_ioctl(struct inode *, struct file *, unsigned, unsigned long);
+extern int blkdev_driver_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
+			       struct gendisk *disk, unsigned cmd,
+			       unsigned long arg);
 extern long compat_blkdev_ioctl(struct file *, unsigned, unsigned long);
 extern int blkdev_get(struct block_device *, mode_t, unsigned);
 extern int blkdev_put(struct block_device *);