diff --git a/include/linux/scatterlist.h b/include/linux/scatterlist.h
index adae88f5b0ab..a964f7285600 100644
--- a/include/linux/scatterlist.h
+++ b/include/linux/scatterlist.h
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ struct sg_mapping_iter {
 
 void sg_miter_start(struct sg_mapping_iter *miter, struct scatterlist *sgl,
 		    unsigned int nents, unsigned int flags);
+bool sg_miter_skip(struct sg_mapping_iter *miter, off_t offset);
 bool sg_miter_next(struct sg_mapping_iter *miter);
 void sg_miter_stop(struct sg_mapping_iter *miter);
 
diff --git a/lib/scatterlist.c b/lib/scatterlist.c
index d16fa295ae1d..3a8e8e8fb2a5 100644
--- a/lib/scatterlist.c
+++ b/lib/scatterlist.c
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ static bool sg_miter_get_next_page(struct sg_mapping_iter *miter)
  *   true if @miter contains the valid mapping.  false if end of sg
  *   list is reached.
  */
-static bool sg_miter_skip(struct sg_mapping_iter *miter, off_t offset)
+bool sg_miter_skip(struct sg_mapping_iter *miter, off_t offset)
 {
 	sg_miter_stop(miter);
 
@@ -513,6 +513,7 @@ static bool sg_miter_skip(struct sg_mapping_iter *miter, off_t offset)
 
 	return true;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_miter_skip);
 
 /**
  * sg_miter_next - proceed mapping iterator to the next mapping