diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 376096bfc54a..40ca71b29bb9 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -4582,8 +4582,7 @@ void nvme_start_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_start_queues);
 
-
-void nvme_sync_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
+void nvme_sync_io_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 {
 	struct nvme_ns *ns;
 
@@ -4591,7 +4590,12 @@ void nvme_sync_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 	list_for_each_entry(ns, &ctrl->namespaces, list)
 		blk_sync_queue(ns->queue);
 	up_read(&ctrl->namespaces_rwsem);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_sync_io_queues);
 
+void nvme_sync_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
+{
+	nvme_sync_io_queues(ctrl);
 	if (ctrl->admin_q)
 		blk_sync_queue(ctrl->admin_q);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index cc111136a981..bc330bf0d3bd 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ void nvme_stop_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 void nvme_start_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 void nvme_kill_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 void nvme_sync_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
+void nvme_sync_io_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 void nvme_unfreeze(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 void nvme_wait_freeze(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 int nvme_wait_freeze_timeout(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, long timeout);