2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
index ec9704181f94..c79f2edf0323 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/clnt.h
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ int		rpcb_getport_sync(struct sockaddr_in *, __u32, __u32, int);
 void            rpcb_getport_async(struct rpc_task *);
 
 void            rpc_call_setup(struct rpc_task *, const struct rpc_message *, int);
-
+void            rpc_call_start(struct rpc_task *);
 int             rpc_call_async(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, struct rpc_message *msg,
                                int flags, const struct rpc_call_ops *tk_ops,
                                void *calldata);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index aefe3ae218f7..7aeffeebf42d 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -634,6 +634,13 @@ rpc_call_setup(struct rpc_task *task, const struct rpc_message *msg, int flags)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpc_call_setup);
 
+void
+rpc_call_start(struct rpc_task *task)
+{
+        task->tk_action = call_start;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpc_call_start);
+
 /**
  * rpc_peeraddr - extract remote peer address from clnt's xprt
  * @clnt: RPC client structure