diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
index 446e62cbece9b3e0a1b088a422f4c3fe0f06d347..083dfc57c7a3e53adf54f32e9af4c56a8c2eeb9f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ extern u64 cifs_UnixTimeToNT(struct timespec);
 extern __le64 cnvrtDosCifsTm(__u16 date, __u16 time);
 extern struct timespec cnvrtDosUnixTm(__u16 date, __u16 time);
 
+extern void posix_fill_in_inode(struct inode *tmp_inode,
+				FILE_UNIX_BASIC_INFO *pData, int isNewInode);
 extern struct inode *cifs_new_inode(struct super_block *sb, __u64 *inum);
 extern int cifs_get_inode_info(struct inode **pinode,
 			const unsigned char *search_path,
diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index 475115c7cc79bb6bed9b887400173d8f7ff9e3ba..4690a360c85587ed85a76db68ab4c5afed4f998e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ int cifs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static void posix_fill_in_inode(struct inode *tmp_inode,
+void posix_fill_in_inode(struct inode *tmp_inode,
 	FILE_UNIX_BASIC_INFO *pData, int isNewInode)
 {
 	struct cifsInodeInfo *cifsInfo = CIFS_I(tmp_inode);