diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
index 0cb4248e03cd..7e9cb753fba7 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
@@ -2209,8 +2209,8 @@ out:
  *
  * Will return zero if the path passed in is already the leftmost path.
  */
-static int ocfs2_find_cpos_for_left_leaf(struct super_block *sb,
-					 struct ocfs2_path *path, u32 *cpos)
+int ocfs2_find_cpos_for_left_leaf(struct super_block *sb,
+				  struct ocfs2_path *path, u32 *cpos)
 {
 	int i, j, ret = 0;
 	u64 blkno;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.h b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.h
index 4fb9882ed2d6..a55a27bb96a5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.h
@@ -319,6 +319,8 @@ int ocfs2_journal_access_path(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 			      struct ocfs2_path *path);
 int ocfs2_find_cpos_for_right_leaf(struct super_block *sb,
 				   struct ocfs2_path *path, u32 *cpos);
+int ocfs2_find_cpos_for_left_leaf(struct super_block *sb,
+				  struct ocfs2_path *path, u32 *cpos);
 int ocfs2_find_subtree_root(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 			    struct ocfs2_path *left,
 			    struct ocfs2_path *right);