diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_device.h b/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
index 1ec17ee12815..f2193cd0d31f 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
@@ -293,6 +293,11 @@ extern int scsi_execute_async(struct scsi_device *sdev,
 			      void (*done)(void *, char *, int, int),
 			      gfp_t gfp);
 
+static inline void scsi_device_reprobe(struct scsi_device *sdev)
+{
+	device_reprobe(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
+}
+
 static inline unsigned int sdev_channel(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 {
 	return sdev->channel;