diff --git a/fs/autofs/waitq.c b/fs/autofs/waitq.c
index 74c886f7c51c..5ced859dac53 100644
--- a/fs/autofs/waitq.c
+++ b/fs/autofs/waitq.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static int autofs_write(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi,
 
 	mutex_lock(&sbi->pipe_mutex);
 	while (bytes) {
-		wr = kernel_write(file, data, bytes, &file->f_pos);
+		wr = __kernel_write(file, data, bytes, NULL);
 		if (wr <= 0)
 			break;
 		data += wr;
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 5db58b8c78d0..d3428189f36b 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -538,6 +538,14 @@ ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *file, const void *buf, size_t count, loff_t
 	inc_syscw(current);
 	return ret;
 }
+/*
+ * This "EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()" is more of a "EXPORT_SYMBOL_DONTUSE()",
+ * but autofs is one of the few internal kernel users that actually
+ * wants this _and_ can be built as a module. So we need to export
+ * this symbol for autofs, even though it really isn't appropriate
+ * for any other kernel modules.
+ */
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__kernel_write);
 
 ssize_t kernel_write(struct file *file, const void *buf, size_t count,
 			    loff_t *pos)