diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index c93639e..af6e806 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@
 	return !time_in_range_open(jiffies, nfsi->read_cache_jiffies, nfsi->read_cache_jiffies + nfsi->attrtimeo);
 }
 
-static int nfs_attribute_cache_expired(struct inode *inode)
+int nfs_attribute_cache_expired(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	if (nfs_have_delegated_attributes(inode))
 		return 0;