diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index c159a4b304cfb..5930791761238 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -3095,6 +3095,8 @@ void d_genocide(struct dentry *parent)
 	d_walk(parent, parent, d_genocide_kill, NULL);
 }
 
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_genocide);
+
 void d_tmpfile(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 {
 	inode_dec_link_count(inode);
@@ -3174,8 +3176,6 @@ static void __init dcache_init(void)
 struct kmem_cache *names_cachep __read_mostly;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(names_cachep);
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_genocide);
-
 void __init vfs_caches_init_early(void)
 {
 	int i;