diff --git a/block/blk-barrier.c b/block/blk-barrier.c
index 47127ba..66e5528 100644
--- a/block/blk-barrier.c
+++ b/block/blk-barrier.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
 		end_io = post_flush_end_io;
 	}
 
-	rq_init(q, rq);
+	blk_rq_init(q, rq);
 	rq->cmd_flags = REQ_HARDBARRIER;
 	rq->rq_disk = q->bar_rq.rq_disk;
 	rq->end_io = end_io;
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 	blkdev_dequeue_request(rq);
 	q->orig_bar_rq = rq;
 	rq = &q->bar_rq;
-	rq_init(q, rq);
+	blk_rq_init(q, rq);
 	if (bio_data_dir(q->orig_bar_rq->bio) == WRITE)
 		rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_RW;
 	if (q->ordered & QUEUE_ORDERED_FUA)
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index d2f23ec..fe0d139 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_get_backing_dev_info);
 
-void rq_init(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
+void blk_rq_init(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 {
 	memset(rq, 0, sizeof(*rq));
 
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@
 	rq->tag = -1;
 	rq->ref_count = 1;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_rq_init);
 
 static void req_bio_endio(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio,
 			  unsigned int nbytes, int error)
@@ -598,7 +599,7 @@
 	if (!rq)
 		return NULL;
 
-	rq_init(q, rq);
+	blk_rq_init(q, rq);
 
 	/*
 	 * first three bits are identical in rq->cmd_flags and bio->bi_rw,
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index ec9120f..59776ab 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 extern struct kmem_cache *blk_requestq_cachep;
 extern struct kobj_type blk_queue_ktype;
 
-void rq_init(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq);
 void init_request_from_bio(struct request *req, struct bio *bio);
 void blk_rq_bio_prep(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 			struct bio *bio);
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 8ca481c..d17032c 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -607,6 +607,7 @@
 extern void blk_unregister_queue(struct gendisk *disk);
 extern void register_disk(struct gendisk *dev);
 extern void generic_make_request(struct bio *bio);
+extern void blk_rq_init(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq);
 extern void blk_put_request(struct request *);
 extern void __blk_put_request(struct request_queue *, struct request *);
 extern void blk_end_sync_rq(struct request *rq, int error);