diff --git a/fs/eventfd.c b/fs/eventfd.c
index df466ef81ddd..e265b6dd4f34 100644
--- a/fs/eventfd.c
+++ b/fs/eventfd.c
@@ -182,11 +182,14 @@ static __poll_t eventfd_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 	return events;
 }
 
-static void eventfd_ctx_do_read(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, __u64 *cnt)
+void eventfd_ctx_do_read(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, __u64 *cnt)
 {
+	lockdep_assert_held(&ctx->wqh.lock);
+
 	*cnt = (ctx->flags & EFD_SEMAPHORE) ? 1 : ctx->count;
 	ctx->count -= *cnt;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(eventfd_ctx_do_read);
 
 /**
  * eventfd_ctx_remove_wait_queue - Read the current counter and removes wait queue.
diff --git a/include/linux/eventfd.h b/include/linux/eventfd.h
index dc4fd8a6644d..fa0a524baed0 100644
--- a/include/linux/eventfd.h
+++ b/include/linux/eventfd.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ struct eventfd_ctx *eventfd_ctx_fileget(struct file *file);
 __u64 eventfd_signal(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, __u64 n);
 int eventfd_ctx_remove_wait_queue(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, wait_queue_entry_t *wait,
 				  __u64 *cnt);
+void eventfd_ctx_do_read(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, __u64 *cnt);
 
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(int, eventfd_wake_count);
 
@@ -82,6 +83,11 @@ static inline bool eventfd_signal_count(void)
 	return false;
 }
 
+static inline void eventfd_ctx_do_read(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, __u64 *cnt)
+{
+
+}
+
 #endif
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_EVENTFD_H */