diff --git a/fs/smb/common/smbdirect/smbdirect_connection.c b/fs/smb/common/smbdirect/smbdirect_connection.c
index 38fb0f34dc86..b7adbd04eb69 100644
--- a/fs/smb/common/smbdirect/smbdirect_connection.c
+++ b/fs/smb/common/smbdirect/smbdirect_connection.c
@@ -910,9 +910,10 @@ static void smbdirect_connection_send_batch_init(struct smbdirect_send_batch *ba
 	batch->credit = 0;
 }
 
-static int smbdirect_connection_send_batch_flush(struct smbdirect_socket *sc,
-						 struct smbdirect_send_batch *batch,
-						 bool is_last)
+__SMBDIRECT_PUBLIC__
+int smbdirect_connection_send_batch_flush(struct smbdirect_socket *sc,
+					  struct smbdirect_send_batch *batch,
+					  bool is_last)
 {
 	struct smbdirect_send_io *first, *last;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -969,6 +970,26 @@ static int smbdirect_connection_send_batch_flush(struct smbdirect_socket *sc,
 
 	return ret;
 }
+__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_connection_send_batch_flush);
+
+__SMBDIRECT_PUBLIC__
+struct smbdirect_send_batch *
+smbdirect_init_send_batch_storage(struct smbdirect_send_batch_storage *storage,
+				  bool need_invalidate_rkey,
+				  unsigned int remote_key)
+{
+	struct smbdirect_send_batch *batch = (struct smbdirect_send_batch *)storage;
+
+	memset(storage, 0, sizeof(*storage));
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(*batch) > sizeof(*storage));
+
+	smbdirect_connection_send_batch_init(batch,
+					     need_invalidate_rkey,
+					     remote_key);
+
+	return batch;
+}
+__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_init_send_batch_storage);
 
 static int smbdirect_connection_wait_for_send_bcredit(struct smbdirect_socket *sc,
 						      struct smbdirect_send_batch *batch)
diff --git a/fs/smb/common/smbdirect/smbdirect_public.h b/fs/smb/common/smbdirect/smbdirect_public.h
index a5b15fce840c..3d20d9a87e7b 100644
--- a/fs/smb/common/smbdirect/smbdirect_public.h
+++ b/fs/smb/common/smbdirect/smbdirect_public.h
@@ -91,6 +91,29 @@ void smbdirect_socket_shutdown(struct smbdirect_socket *sc);
 __SMBDIRECT_PUBLIC__
 void smbdirect_socket_release(struct smbdirect_socket *sc);
 
+__SMBDIRECT_PUBLIC__
+int smbdirect_connection_send_batch_flush(struct smbdirect_socket *sc,
+					  struct smbdirect_send_batch *batch,
+					  bool is_last);
+
+/*
+ * This is only temporary and only needed
+ * as long as the client still requires
+ * to use smbdirect_connection_send_single_iter()
+ */
+struct smbdirect_send_batch_storage {
+	union {
+		struct list_head __msg_list;
+		__aligned_u64 __space[5];
+	};
+};
+
+__SMBDIRECT_PUBLIC__
+struct smbdirect_send_batch *
+smbdirect_init_send_batch_storage(struct smbdirect_send_batch_storage *storage,
+				  bool need_invalidate_rkey,
+				  unsigned int remote_key);
+
 __SMBDIRECT_PUBLIC__
 int smbdirect_connection_send_single_iter(struct smbdirect_socket *sc,
 					  struct smbdirect_send_batch *batch,