diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 640574294216..452cd4843843 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2891,6 +2891,8 @@ extern int filemap_fdatawrite_range(struct address_space *mapping,
 				loff_t start, loff_t end);
 extern int filemap_check_errors(struct address_space *mapping);
 extern void __filemap_set_wb_err(struct address_space *mapping, int err);
+int filemap_fdatawrite_wbc(struct address_space *mapping,
+			   struct writeback_control *wbc);
 
 static inline int filemap_write_and_wait(struct address_space *mapping)
 {
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index d1458ecf2f51..034d370d4ebb 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -377,6 +377,32 @@ static int filemap_check_and_keep_errors(struct address_space *mapping)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * filemap_fdatawrite_wbc - start writeback on mapping dirty pages in range
+ * @mapping:	address space structure to write
+ * @wbc:	the writeback_control controlling the writeout
+ *
+ * Call writepages on the mapping using the provided wbc to control the
+ * writeout.
+ *
+ * Return: %0 on success, negative error code otherwise.
+ */
+int filemap_fdatawrite_wbc(struct address_space *mapping,
+			   struct writeback_control *wbc)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!mapping_can_writeback(mapping) ||
+	    !mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY))
+		return 0;
+
+	wbc_attach_fdatawrite_inode(wbc, mapping->host);
+	ret = do_writepages(mapping, wbc);
+	wbc_detach_inode(wbc);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_fdatawrite_wbc);
+
 /**
  * __filemap_fdatawrite_range - start writeback on mapping dirty pages in range
  * @mapping:	address space structure to write
@@ -397,7 +423,6 @@ static int filemap_check_and_keep_errors(struct address_space *mapping)
 int __filemap_fdatawrite_range(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t start,
 				loff_t end, int sync_mode)
 {
-	int ret;
 	struct writeback_control wbc = {
 		.sync_mode = sync_mode,
 		.nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
@@ -405,14 +430,7 @@ int __filemap_fdatawrite_range(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t start,
 		.range_end = end,
 	};
 
-	if (!mapping_can_writeback(mapping) ||
-	    !mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY))
-		return 0;
-
-	wbc_attach_fdatawrite_inode(&wbc, mapping->host);
-	ret = do_writepages(mapping, &wbc);
-	wbc_detach_inode(&wbc);
-	return ret;
+	return filemap_fdatawrite_wbc(mapping, &wbc);
 }
 
 static inline int __filemap_fdatawrite(struct address_space *mapping,