diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index 4be8673..cae26cb 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include <linux/kref.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/task_io_accounting_ops.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
 
 #include <linux/nfs_fs.h>
 #include <linux/nfs_page.h>
@@ -191,6 +192,12 @@
 	kref_put(&dreq->kref, nfs_direct_req_free);
 }
 
+ssize_t nfs_dreq_bytes_left(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq)
+{
+	return dreq->bytes_left;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_dreq_bytes_left);
+
 /*
  * Collects and returns the final error value/byte-count.
  */