diff --git a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
index fed68a427a4c..48d214df9172 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
+++ b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ struct fuse_fs_context {
 	bool group_id_present:1;
 	bool default_permissions:1;
 	bool allow_other:1;
+	bool destroy:1;
 	unsigned int max_read;
 	unsigned int blksize;
 	const char *subtype;
@@ -945,6 +946,13 @@ void fuse_send_init(struct fuse_conn *fc);
  */
 int fuse_fill_super_common(struct super_block *sb, struct fuse_fs_context *ctx);
 
+/**
+ * Disassociate fuse connection from superblock and kill the superblock
+ *
+ * Calls kill_anon_super(), do not use with bdev mounts.
+ */
+void fuse_kill_sb_anon(struct super_block *sb);
+
 /**
  * Add connection to control filesystem
  */
@@ -1057,5 +1065,6 @@ unsigned int fuse_len_args(unsigned int numargs, struct fuse_arg *args);
  * Get the next unique ID for a request
  */
 u64 fuse_get_unique(struct fuse_iqueue *fiq);
+void fuse_free_conn(struct fuse_conn *fc);
 
 #endif /* _FS_FUSE_I_H */
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index 6a0f31faaeaa..cd6ffb3fe69e 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -999,11 +999,12 @@ void fuse_send_init(struct fuse_conn *fc)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fuse_send_init);
 
-static void fuse_free_conn(struct fuse_conn *fc)
+void fuse_free_conn(struct fuse_conn *fc)
 {
 	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&fc->devices));
 	kfree_rcu(fc, rcu);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fuse_free_conn);
 
 static int fuse_bdi_init(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct super_block *sb)
 {
@@ -1169,7 +1170,7 @@ int fuse_fill_super_common(struct super_block *sb, struct fuse_fs_context *ctx)
 	fc->user_id = ctx->user_id;
 	fc->group_id = ctx->group_id;
 	fc->max_read = max_t(unsigned, 4096, ctx->max_read);
-	fc->destroy = ctx->is_bdev;
+	fc->destroy = ctx->destroy;
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
 	root = fuse_get_root_inode(sb, ctx->rootmode);
@@ -1293,8 +1294,10 @@ static int fuse_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc)
 	ctx->blksize = FUSE_DEFAULT_BLKSIZE;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
-	if (fc->fs_type == &fuseblk_fs_type)
+	if (fc->fs_type == &fuseblk_fs_type) {
 		ctx->is_bdev = true;
+		ctx->destroy = true;
+	}
 #endif
 
 	fc->fs_private = ctx;
@@ -1319,11 +1322,12 @@ static void fuse_sb_destroy(struct super_block *sb)
 	}
 }
 
-static void fuse_kill_sb_anon(struct super_block *sb)
+void fuse_kill_sb_anon(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	fuse_sb_destroy(sb);
 	kill_anon_super(sb);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fuse_kill_sb_anon);
 
 static struct file_system_type fuse_fs_type = {
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,