diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index c44316c5018f5a07b17ebf4e066cb9dbecd5caa8..05aa568a60af622e8c5e19de5ae14b217c94fc53 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -465,10 +465,11 @@ static void nvme_free_ns(struct kref *kref)
 	kfree(ns);
 }
 
-static void nvme_put_ns(struct nvme_ns *ns)
+void nvme_put_ns(struct nvme_ns *ns)
 {
 	kref_put(&ns->kref, nvme_free_ns);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(nvme_put_ns, NVME_TARGET_PASSTHRU);
 
 static inline void nvme_clear_nvme_request(struct request *req)
 {
@@ -3827,7 +3828,7 @@ static int ns_cmp(void *priv, struct list_head *a, struct list_head *b)
 	return nsa->head->ns_id - nsb->head->ns_id;
 }
 
-static struct nvme_ns *nvme_find_get_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid)
+struct nvme_ns *nvme_find_get_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid)
 {
 	struct nvme_ns *ns, *ret = NULL;
 
@@ -3845,6 +3846,7 @@ static struct nvme_ns *nvme_find_get_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid)
 	up_read(&ctrl->namespaces_rwsem);
 	return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(nvme_find_get_ns, NVME_TARGET_PASSTHRU);
 
 static void nvme_alloc_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index 5af59a9bac53f5d6aa9e7821db8a145e876c4a4d..c5c1bac797aa5a8f1d24e4b111362940ef233ed9 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -794,5 +794,7 @@ u32 nvme_command_effects(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_ns *ns,
 			 u8 opcode);
 void nvme_execute_passthru_rq(struct request *rq);
 struct nvme_ctrl *nvme_ctrl_get_by_path(const char *path);
+struct nvme_ns *nvme_find_get_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid);
+void nvme_put_ns(struct nvme_ns *ns);
 
 #endif /* _NVME_H */