diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 06ab0683a1f16c716ec4c4e19bcb64061cb6ab27..fdf12152946e2cf167e4bbf8ef19028d0fadaa1d 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ void blk_mq_free_request(struct request *rq)
 	hctx = q->mq_ops->map_queue(q, ctx->cpu);
 	__blk_mq_free_request(hctx, ctx, rq);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_mq_free_request);
 
 inline void __blk_mq_end_request(struct request *rq, int error)
 {