diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 9fd55e6391f3092ffb178cd6ed741fb774bb3a86..3c0f97f8ede024eba50632851e74a0a13b33ca55 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -3895,6 +3895,17 @@ void nvme_start_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_start_queues);
 
+void nvme_sync_io_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
+{
+	struct nvme_ns *ns;
+
+	down_read(&ctrl->namespaces_rwsem);
+	list_for_each_entry(ns, &ctrl->namespaces, list)
+		blk_sync_queue(ns->queue);
+	up_read(&ctrl->namespaces_rwsem);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_sync_io_queues);
+
 int __init nvme_core_init(void)
 {
 	int result = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index 51c510fe98aa57000c47c99eef32f9d27b367cfc..428c1e343e0a4add9000891c88281a165091cf55 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ void nvme_complete_async_event(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, __le16 status,
 void nvme_stop_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 void nvme_start_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 void nvme_kill_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
+void nvme_sync_io_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 void nvme_unfreeze(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 void nvme_wait_freeze(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 void nvme_wait_freeze_timeout(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, long timeout);