diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
index 65196b03f0ab..b7d47f018353 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ size_t		rpc_max_payload(struct rpc_clnt *);
 void		rpc_force_rebind(struct rpc_clnt *);
 int		rpc_ping(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, int flags);
 size_t		rpc_peeraddr(struct rpc_clnt *, struct sockaddr *, size_t);
+char *		rpc_peeraddr2str(struct rpc_clnt *, enum rpc_display_format_t);
 
 /*
  * Helper function for NFSroot support
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 94768cf5fd5b..e5b19e348d88 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -554,6 +554,19 @@ size_t rpc_peeraddr(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, struct sockaddr *buf, size_t bufsize)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rpc_peeraddr);
 
+/**
+ * rpc_peeraddr2str - return remote peer address in printable format
+ * @clnt: RPC client structure
+ * @format: address format
+ *
+ */
+char *rpc_peeraddr2str(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, enum rpc_display_format_t format)
+{
+	struct rpc_xprt *xprt = clnt->cl_xprt;
+	return xprt->ops->print_addr(xprt, format);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rpc_peeraddr2str);
+
 void
 rpc_setbufsize(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, unsigned int sndsize, unsigned int rcvsize)
 {