diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 0b69aec23e5c48..b21c44af53bfa7 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -1155,7 +1155,7 @@ static int __choose_mds(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 /*
  * session messages
  */
-static struct ceph_msg *create_session_msg(u32 op, u64 seq)
+struct ceph_msg *ceph_create_session_msg(u32 op, u64 seq)
 {
 	struct ceph_msg *msg;
 	struct ceph_mds_session_head *h;
@@ -1163,7 +1163,8 @@ static struct ceph_msg *create_session_msg(u32 op, u64 seq)
 	msg = ceph_msg_new(CEPH_MSG_CLIENT_SESSION, sizeof(*h), GFP_NOFS,
 			   false);
 	if (!msg) {
-		pr_err("create_session_msg ENOMEM creating msg\n");
+		pr_err("ENOMEM creating session %s msg\n",
+		       ceph_session_op_name(op));
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	h = msg->front.iov_base;
@@ -1294,7 +1295,7 @@ static struct ceph_msg *create_session_open_msg(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc, u6
 	msg = ceph_msg_new(CEPH_MSG_CLIENT_SESSION, sizeof(*h) + extra_bytes,
 			   GFP_NOFS, false);
 	if (!msg) {
-		pr_err("create_session_msg ENOMEM creating msg\n");
+		pr_err("ENOMEM creating session open msg\n");
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
 	p = msg->front.iov_base;
@@ -1803,8 +1804,8 @@ static int send_renew_caps(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 
 	dout("send_renew_caps to mds%d (%s)\n", session->s_mds,
 		ceph_mds_state_name(state));
-	msg = create_session_msg(CEPH_SESSION_REQUEST_RENEWCAPS,
-				 ++session->s_renew_seq);
+	msg = ceph_create_session_msg(CEPH_SESSION_REQUEST_RENEWCAPS,
+				      ++session->s_renew_seq);
 	if (!msg)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	ceph_con_send(&session->s_con, msg);
@@ -1818,7 +1819,7 @@ static int send_flushmsg_ack(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 
 	dout("send_flushmsg_ack to mds%d (%s)s seq %lld\n",
 	     session->s_mds, ceph_session_state_name(session->s_state), seq);
-	msg = create_session_msg(CEPH_SESSION_FLUSHMSG_ACK, seq);
+	msg = ceph_create_session_msg(CEPH_SESSION_FLUSHMSG_ACK, seq);
 	if (!msg)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	ceph_con_send(&session->s_con, msg);
@@ -1870,7 +1871,8 @@ static int request_close_session(struct ceph_mds_session *session)
 	dout("request_close_session mds%d state %s seq %lld\n",
 	     session->s_mds, ceph_session_state_name(session->s_state),
 	     session->s_seq);
-	msg = create_session_msg(CEPH_SESSION_REQUEST_CLOSE, session->s_seq);
+	msg = ceph_create_session_msg(CEPH_SESSION_REQUEST_CLOSE,
+				      session->s_seq);
 	if (!msg)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	ceph_con_send(&session->s_con, msg);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
index 20e42d8b66c6cd..be4a9766446426 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.h
@@ -522,6 +522,7 @@ static inline void ceph_mdsc_put_request(struct ceph_mds_request *req)
 	kref_put(&req->r_kref, ceph_mdsc_release_request);
 }
 
+extern struct ceph_msg *ceph_create_session_msg(u32 op, u64 seq);
 extern void __ceph_queue_cap_release(struct ceph_mds_session *session,
 				    struct ceph_cap *cap);
 extern void ceph_flush_cap_releases(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,