diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index c96c8c4f751b..0df20184cc3e 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ static void blk_end_sync_rq(struct request *rq, blk_status_t ret)
 	complete(&wait->done);
 }
 
-static bool blk_rq_is_poll(struct request *rq)
+bool blk_rq_is_poll(struct request *rq)
 {
 	if (!rq->mq_hctx)
 		return false;
@@ -1243,6 +1243,7 @@ static bool blk_rq_is_poll(struct request *rq)
 		return false;
 	return true;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_rq_is_poll);
 
 static void blk_rq_poll_completion(struct request *rq, struct completion *wait)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index 92294a5fb083..de384f5d2c37 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -980,6 +980,7 @@ int blk_rq_map_kern(struct request_queue *, struct request *, void *,
 int blk_rq_append_bio(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio);
 void blk_execute_rq_nowait(struct request *rq, bool at_head);
 blk_status_t blk_execute_rq(struct request *rq, bool at_head);
+bool blk_rq_is_poll(struct request *rq);
 
 struct req_iterator {
 	struct bvec_iter iter;