diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index e08f6a20..ba11c30 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 	spin_unlock(&dst->wb.list_lock);
 }
 
-static sector_t max_block(struct block_device *bdev)
+sector_t blkdev_max_block(struct block_device *bdev)
 {
 	sector_t retval = ~((sector_t)0);
 	loff_t sz = i_size_read(bdev->bd_inode);
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
 blkdev_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
 		struct buffer_head *bh, int create)
 {
-	if (iblock >= max_block(I_BDEV(inode))) {
+	if (iblock >= blkdev_max_block(I_BDEV(inode))) {
 		if (create)
 			return -EIO;
 
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
 blkdev_get_blocks(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
 		struct buffer_head *bh, int create)
 {
-	sector_t end_block = max_block(I_BDEV(inode));
+	sector_t end_block = blkdev_max_block(I_BDEV(inode));
 	unsigned long max_blocks = bh->b_size >> inode->i_blkbits;
 
 	if ((iblock + max_blocks) > end_block) {