diff --git a/fs/btrfs/backref.c b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
index 2bcbea3..b8b6926 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/backref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
@@ -1177,11 +1177,10 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static char *ref_to_path(struct btrfs_root *fs_root,
-			 struct btrfs_path *path,
-			 u32 name_len, unsigned long name_off,
-			 struct extent_buffer *eb_in, u64 parent,
-			 char *dest, u32 size)
+char *btrfs_ref_to_path(struct btrfs_root *fs_root, struct btrfs_path *path,
+			u32 name_len, unsigned long name_off,
+			struct extent_buffer *eb_in, u64 parent,
+			char *dest, u32 size)
 {
 	int slot;
 	u64 next_inum;
@@ -1266,10 +1265,10 @@
 			 struct extent_buffer *eb_in, u64 parent,
 			 char *dest, u32 size)
 {
-	return ref_to_path(fs_root, path,
-			   btrfs_inode_ref_name_len(eb_in, iref),
-			   (unsigned long)(iref + 1),
-			   eb_in, parent, dest, size);
+	return btrfs_ref_to_path(fs_root, path,
+				 btrfs_inode_ref_name_len(eb_in, iref),
+				 (unsigned long)(iref + 1),
+				 eb_in, parent, dest, size);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1715,9 +1714,8 @@
 					ipath->fspath->bytes_left - s_ptr : 0;
 
 	fspath_min = (char *)ipath->fspath->val + (i + 1) * s_ptr;
-	fspath = ref_to_path(ipath->fs_root, ipath->btrfs_path, name_len,
-			     name_off, eb, inum, fspath_min,
-			     bytes_left);
+	fspath = btrfs_ref_to_path(ipath->fs_root, ipath->btrfs_path, name_len,
+				   name_off, eb, inum, fspath_min, bytes_left);
 	if (IS_ERR(fspath))
 		return PTR_ERR(fspath);