diff --git a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
index 39ef981a618c..7192080a06d0 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
+++ b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
@@ -867,6 +867,7 @@ void fuse_conn_put(struct fuse_conn *fc);
 
 struct fuse_dev *fuse_dev_alloc(struct fuse_conn *fc);
 void fuse_dev_free(struct fuse_dev *fud);
+void fuse_send_init(struct fuse_conn *fc);
 
 /**
  * Add connection to control filesystem
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index 4404d21649ff..5d455f4d6195 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ static void process_init_reply(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_args *args,
 	wake_up_all(&fc->blocked_waitq);
 }
 
-static void fuse_send_init(struct fuse_conn *fc)
+void fuse_send_init(struct fuse_conn *fc)
 {
 	struct fuse_init_args *ia;
 
@@ -1009,6 +1009,7 @@ static void fuse_send_init(struct fuse_conn *fc)
 	if (fuse_simple_background(fc, &ia->args, GFP_KERNEL) != 0)
 		process_init_reply(fc, &ia->args, -ENOTCONN);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fuse_send_init);
 
 static void fuse_free_conn(struct fuse_conn *fc)
 {