diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs.h b/fs/hostfs/hostfs.h
index 6ae9011b95eb4bbf2ea46f823497686bd1820e5a..2f34f8f2134b31b3082dab1087abd67de0594465 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs.h
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ extern int do_rmdir(const char *file);
 extern int do_mknod(const char *file, int mode, unsigned int major,
 		    unsigned int minor);
 extern int link_file(const char *from, const char *to);
-extern int do_readlink(char *file, char *buf, int size);
+extern int hostfs_do_readlink(char *file, char *buf, int size);
 extern int rename_file(char *from, char *to);
 extern int do_statfs(char *root, long *bsize_out, long long *blocks_out,
 		     long long *bfree_out, long long *bavail_out,
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 7f34f4385de00dbcca17d9d3bf7c45bd0aedc1d7..3a31451ac1704a86ef3d3b7ae9e9a73240ff29ad 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static char *follow_link(char *link)
 		if (name == NULL)
 			goto out;
 
-		n = do_readlink(link, name, len);
+		n = hostfs_do_readlink(link, name, len);
 		if (n < len)
 			break;
 		len *= 2;
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ int hostfs_link_readpage(struct file *file, struct page *page)
 	name = inode_name(page->mapping->host, 0);
 	if (name == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	err = do_readlink(name, buffer, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
+	err = hostfs_do_readlink(name, buffer, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
 	kfree(name);
 	if (err == PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
 		err = -E2BIG;
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_user.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_user.c
index 53fd0a67c11abf148a76cea7820a1a3c782adc26..b79424f9328298e60bdae763ffd85669d1d96214 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_user.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_user.c
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ int link_file(const char *to, const char *from)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int do_readlink(char *file, char *buf, int size)
+int hostfs_do_readlink(char *file, char *buf, int size)
 {
 	int n;