diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index ba52f3a3478e..fce3a966718d 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ struct pagevec;
 				 SWAP_FLAG_DISCARD_PAGES)
 #define SWAP_BATCH 64
 
+int kswapd (void *p);
+
 static inline int current_is_kswapd(void)
 {
 	return current->flags & PF_KSWAPD;
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 52b622f82d30..0bf4b853757d 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -4296,7 +4296,7 @@ static void kswapd_try_to_sleep(pg_data_t *pgdat, int alloc_order, int reclaim_o
  * If there are applications that are active memory-allocators
  * (most normal use), this basically shouldn't matter.
  */
-static int kswapd(void *p)
+int kswapd(void *p)
 {
 	unsigned int alloc_order, reclaim_order;
 	unsigned int highest_zoneidx = MAX_NR_ZONES - 1;
@@ -4373,6 +4373,7 @@ kswapd_try_sleep:
 
 	return 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kswapd);
 
 /*
  * A zone is low on free memory or too fragmented for high-order memory.  If