1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index 2e0fa661e423..e1ea2fe03681 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static void locks_copy_private(struct file_lock *new, struct file_lock *fl)
 /*
  * Initialize a new lock from an existing file_lock structure.
  */
-static void __locks_copy_lock(struct file_lock *new, const struct file_lock *fl)
+void __locks_copy_lock(struct file_lock *new, const struct file_lock *fl)
 {
         new->fl_owner = fl->fl_owner;
         new->fl_pid = fl->fl_pid;
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ static int __posix_lock_file(struct inode *inode, struct file_lock *request, str
                         if (!posix_locks_conflict(request, fl))
                                 continue;
                         if (conflock)
-                                locks_copy_lock(conflock, fl);
+                                __locks_copy_lock(conflock, fl);
                         error = -EAGAIN;
                         if (!(request->fl_flags & FL_SLEEP))
                                 goto out;