diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 0f00c1e2d829..ea839d811f64 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -590,32 +590,9 @@ static struct mddev *mddev_find(dev_t unit)
 	goto retry;
 }
 
-static inline int __must_check mddev_lock(struct mddev *mddev)
-{
-	return mutex_lock_interruptible(&mddev->reconfig_mutex);
-}
-
-/* Sometimes we need to take the lock in a situation where
- * failure due to interrupts is not acceptable.
- */
-static inline void mddev_lock_nointr(struct mddev *mddev)
-{
-	mutex_lock(&mddev->reconfig_mutex);
-}
-
-static inline int mddev_is_locked(struct mddev *mddev)
-{
-	return mutex_is_locked(&mddev->reconfig_mutex);
-}
-
-static inline int mddev_trylock(struct mddev *mddev)
-{
-	return mutex_trylock(&mddev->reconfig_mutex);
-}
-
 static struct attribute_group md_redundancy_group;
 
-static void mddev_unlock(struct mddev *mddev)
+void mddev_unlock(struct mddev *mddev)
 {
 	if (mddev->to_remove) {
 		/* These cannot be removed under reconfig_mutex as
@@ -657,6 +634,7 @@ static void mddev_unlock(struct mddev *mddev)
 	md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
 	spin_unlock(&pers_lock);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mddev_unlock);
 
 static struct md_rdev *find_rdev_nr_rcu(struct mddev *mddev, int nr)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index 6bf3faa951ec..14367d919351 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -450,6 +450,30 @@ struct mddev {
 	void (*sync_super)(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev);
 };
 
+static inline int __must_check mddev_lock(struct mddev *mddev)
+{
+	return mutex_lock_interruptible(&mddev->reconfig_mutex);
+}
+
+/* Sometimes we need to take the lock in a situation where
+ * failure due to interrupts is not acceptable.
+ */
+static inline void mddev_lock_nointr(struct mddev *mddev)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&mddev->reconfig_mutex);
+}
+
+static inline int mddev_is_locked(struct mddev *mddev)
+{
+	return mutex_is_locked(&mddev->reconfig_mutex);
+}
+
+static inline int mddev_trylock(struct mddev *mddev)
+{
+	return mutex_trylock(&mddev->reconfig_mutex);
+}
+extern void mddev_unlock(struct mddev *mddev);
+
 static inline void rdev_dec_pending(struct md_rdev *rdev, struct mddev *mddev)
 {
 	int faulty = test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags);