diff --git a/fs/fscache/internal.h b/fs/fscache/internal.h
index 1336f517e9b1..4799a722bc28 100644
--- a/fs/fscache/internal.h
+++ b/fs/fscache/internal.h
@@ -145,8 +145,6 @@ extern const struct seq_operations fscache_volumes_seq_ops;
 
 struct fscache_volume *fscache_get_volume(struct fscache_volume *volume,
 					  enum fscache_volume_trace where);
-void fscache_put_volume(struct fscache_volume *volume,
-			enum fscache_volume_trace where);
 bool fscache_begin_volume_access(struct fscache_volume *volume,
 				 struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
 				 enum fscache_access_trace why);
diff --git a/fs/fscache/volume.c b/fs/fscache/volume.c
index cdf991bdd9de..cb75c07b5281 100644
--- a/fs/fscache/volume.c
+++ b/fs/fscache/volume.c
@@ -27,6 +27,19 @@ struct fscache_volume *fscache_get_volume(struct fscache_volume *volume,
 	return volume;
 }
 
+struct fscache_volume *fscache_try_get_volume(struct fscache_volume *volume,
+					      enum fscache_volume_trace where)
+{
+	int ref;
+
+	if (!__refcount_inc_not_zero(&volume->ref, &ref))
+		return NULL;
+
+	trace_fscache_volume(volume->debug_id, ref + 1, where);
+	return volume;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(fscache_try_get_volume);
+
 static void fscache_see_volume(struct fscache_volume *volume,
 			       enum fscache_volume_trace where)
 {
@@ -420,6 +433,7 @@ void fscache_put_volume(struct fscache_volume *volume,
 			fscache_free_volume(volume);
 	}
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(fscache_put_volume);
 
 /*
  * Relinquish a volume representation cookie.
diff --git a/include/linux/fscache-cache.h b/include/linux/fscache-cache.h
index a174cedf4d90..35e86d2f2887 100644
--- a/include/linux/fscache-cache.h
+++ b/include/linux/fscache-cache.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 enum fscache_cache_trace;
 enum fscache_cookie_trace;
 enum fscache_access_trace;
+enum fscache_volume_trace;
 
 enum fscache_cache_state {
 	FSCACHE_CACHE_IS_NOT_PRESENT,	/* No cache is present for this name */
@@ -97,6 +98,11 @@ extern void fscache_withdraw_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *cookie);
 
 extern void fscache_io_error(struct fscache_cache *cache);
 
+extern struct fscache_volume *
+fscache_try_get_volume(struct fscache_volume *volume,
+		       enum fscache_volume_trace where);
+extern void fscache_put_volume(struct fscache_volume *volume,
+			       enum fscache_volume_trace where);
 extern void fscache_end_volume_access(struct fscache_volume *volume,
 				      struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
 				      enum fscache_access_trace why);