diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
index 5708b5a636f1..ebd77a301057 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
@@ -279,7 +279,8 @@ struct vfsmount *nfs4_submount(struct nfs_server *, struct dentry *,
 			       struct nfs_fh *, struct nfs_fattr *);
 int nfs4_replace_transport(struct nfs_server *server,
 				const struct nfs4_fs_locations *locations);
-
+size_t nfs_parse_server_name(char *string, size_t len, struct sockaddr *sa,
+			     size_t salen, struct net *net);
 /* nfs4proc.c */
 extern int nfs4_handle_exception(struct nfs_server *, int, struct nfs4_exception *);
 extern int nfs4_async_handle_error(struct rpc_task *task,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c
index 2e460c33ae48..768258848a68 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ static int nfs4_validate_fspath(struct dentry *dentry,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static size_t nfs_parse_server_name(char *string, size_t len,
-		struct sockaddr *sa, size_t salen, struct net *net)
+size_t nfs_parse_server_name(char *string, size_t len, struct sockaddr *sa,
+			     size_t salen, struct net *net)
 {
 	ssize_t ret;