diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xdr.c b/net/sunrpc/xdr.c
index 2763fde88499..a1f82a87d34d 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xdr.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xdr.c
@@ -762,6 +762,7 @@ int write_bytes_to_xdr_buf(struct xdr_buf *buf, unsigned int base, void *obj, un
 	__write_bytes_to_xdr_buf(&subbuf, obj, len);
 	return 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(write_bytes_to_xdr_buf);
 
 int
 xdr_decode_word(struct xdr_buf *buf, unsigned int base, u32 *obj)