diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index a100fa35a48f..953173a293a9 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -978,6 +978,7 @@ struct dentry *d_alloc_name(struct dentry *parent, const char *name)
 	q.hash = full_name_hash(q.name, q.len);
 	return d_alloc(parent, &q);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_alloc_name);
 
 /* the caller must hold dcache_lock */
 static void __d_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 219576c52d80..6e8d17e1dc4c 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -848,7 +848,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_write_end);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_dir_inode_operations);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_dir_operations);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_empty);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_alloc_name);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_fill_super);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_getattr);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_link);