diff --git a/fs/posix_acl.c b/fs/posix_acl.c
index d4b60c18fda7..1d17d7b13dcd 100644
--- a/fs/posix_acl.c
+++ b/fs/posix_acl.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(posix_acl_alloc);
 /*
  * Clone an ACL.
  */
-static struct posix_acl *
+struct posix_acl *
 posix_acl_clone(const struct posix_acl *acl, gfp_t flags)
 {
 	struct posix_acl *clone = NULL;
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ posix_acl_clone(const struct posix_acl *acl, gfp_t flags)
 	}
 	return clone;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(posix_acl_clone);
 
 /*
  * Check if an acl is valid. Returns 0 if it is, or -E... otherwise.
diff --git a/include/linux/posix_acl.h b/include/linux/posix_acl.h
index b65c877d92b8..7d1e604c1325 100644
--- a/include/linux/posix_acl.h
+++ b/include/linux/posix_acl.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ extern int set_posix_acl(struct user_namespace *, struct inode *, int,
 			 struct posix_acl *);
 
 struct posix_acl *get_cached_acl_rcu(struct inode *inode, int type);
+struct posix_acl *posix_acl_clone(const struct posix_acl *acl, gfp_t flags);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL
 int posix_acl_chmod(struct user_namespace *, struct inode *, umode_t);