diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 1f9a3a2b89b..6d695037a0a 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ static void generic_forget_inode(struct inode *inode)
  * 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 @@ static void generic_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		generic_forget_inode(inode);
 }
 
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(generic_drop_inode);
+
 /*
  * Called when we're dropping the last reference
  * to an inode. 
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 047bde30836..302ec20838c 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1435,6 +1435,7 @@ extern struct inode * igrab(struct inode *);
 extern ino_t iunique(struct super_block *, ino_t);
 extern int inode_needs_sync(struct inode *inode);
 extern void generic_delete_inode(struct inode *inode);
+extern void generic_drop_inode(struct inode *inode);
 
 extern struct inode *ilookup5(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long hashval,
 		int (*test)(struct inode *, void *), void *data);