diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 0230bc59f344..a896620f6d79 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -3742,6 +3742,8 @@ out:
 		d_delete(dentry);
 	return error;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_rmdir2);
+
 int vfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	return vfs_rmdir2(NULL, dir, dentry);