diff --git a/include/linux/ceph/osdmap.h b/include/linux/ceph/osdmap.h
index 3fd978a1639b166fef4c547d47fe553db2696c74..7783237ab06c1d19b492fa5a15a99923ec2b6c89 100644
--- a/include/linux/ceph/osdmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/ceph/osdmap.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ struct ceph_pg {
 	uint32_t seed;
 };
 
+int ceph_pg_compare(const struct ceph_pg *lhs, const struct ceph_pg *rhs);
+
 #define CEPH_POOL_FLAG_HASHPSPOOL  1
 
 struct ceph_pg_pool_info {
diff --git a/net/ceph/osdmap.c b/net/ceph/osdmap.c
index 656384a8fd1e2df0f5a94e29f3ba965e66f8f4ba..3c7dc5e581ab815975fd8dc4ce2f4dd3d5fde962 100644
--- a/net/ceph/osdmap.c
+++ b/net/ceph/osdmap.c
@@ -380,23 +380,24 @@ static struct crush_map *crush_decode(void *pbyval, void *end)
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
-/*
- * rbtree of pg_mapping for handling pg_temp (explicit mapping of pgid
- * to a set of osds) and primary_temp (explicit primary setting)
- */
-static int pgid_cmp(struct ceph_pg l, struct ceph_pg r)
+int ceph_pg_compare(const struct ceph_pg *lhs, const struct ceph_pg *rhs)
 {
-	if (l.pool < r.pool)
+	if (lhs->pool < rhs->pool)
 		return -1;
-	if (l.pool > r.pool)
+	if (lhs->pool > rhs->pool)
 		return 1;
-	if (l.seed < r.seed)
+	if (lhs->seed < rhs->seed)
 		return -1;
-	if (l.seed > r.seed)
+	if (lhs->seed > rhs->seed)
 		return 1;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * rbtree of pg_mapping for handling pg_temp (explicit mapping of pgid
+ * to a set of osds) and primary_temp (explicit primary setting)
+ */
 static int __insert_pg_mapping(struct ceph_pg_mapping *new,
 			       struct rb_root *root)
 {
@@ -409,7 +410,7 @@ static int __insert_pg_mapping(struct ceph_pg_mapping *new,
 	while (*p) {
 		parent = *p;
 		pg = rb_entry(parent, struct ceph_pg_mapping, node);
-		c = pgid_cmp(new->pgid, pg->pgid);
+		c = ceph_pg_compare(&new->pgid, &pg->pgid);
 		if (c < 0)
 			p = &(*p)->rb_left;
 		else if (c > 0)
@@ -432,7 +433,7 @@ static struct ceph_pg_mapping *__lookup_pg_mapping(struct rb_root *root,
 
 	while (n) {
 		pg = rb_entry(n, struct ceph_pg_mapping, node);
-		c = pgid_cmp(pgid, pg->pgid);
+		c = ceph_pg_compare(&pgid, &pg->pgid);
 		if (c < 0) {
 			n = n->rb_left;
 		} else if (c > 0) {