diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index ce69aaea581a..7a964271959d 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -4226,8 +4226,7 @@ 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;
 
@@ -4235,7 +4234,12 @@ 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 d7132d8cb7c5..e392d6cd92ce 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ 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);