diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 1f9a3a2..6d69503 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@
  * inode when the usage count drops to zero, and
  * i_nlink is zero.
  */
-static void generic_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
+void generic_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	if (!inode->i_nlink)
 		generic_delete_inode(inode);
@@ -1060,6 +1060,8 @@
 		generic_forget_inode(inode);
 }
 
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(generic_drop_inode);
+
 /*
  * Called when we're dropping the last reference
  * to an inode.