diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
index 382ba62..ec9f9c1 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #define GetXid() (int)_GetXid(); cFYI(1,("CIFS VFS: in %s as Xid: %d with uid: %d",__func__, xid,current_fsuid()));
 #define FreeXid(curr_xid) {_FreeXid(curr_xid); cFYI(1,("CIFS VFS: leaving %s (xid = %d) rc = %d",__func__,curr_xid,(int)rc));}
 extern char *build_path_from_dentry(struct dentry *);
+extern char *cifs_build_path_to_root(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb);
 extern char *build_wildcard_path_from_dentry(struct dentry *direntry);
 /* extern void renew_parental_timestamps(struct dentry *direntry);*/
 extern int SendReceive(const unsigned int /* xid */ , struct cifsSesInfo *,