}
 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;
 
        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);
 }
 
 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);