diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smbdirect.c b/fs/smb/client/smbdirect.c
index 75f9f91a7ec9..b9826185de18 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smbdirect.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smbdirect.c
@@ -558,3 +558,5 @@ void smbd_debug_proc_show(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct seq_file *m)
 						    server->rdma_readwrite_threshold,
 						    m);
 }
+
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS("SMBDIRECT");
diff --git a/fs/smb/server/transport_rdma.c b/fs/smb/server/transport_rdma.c
index a8242c00096f..346c051e31f5 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/transport_rdma.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/transport_rdma.c
@@ -540,3 +540,5 @@ static const struct ksmbd_transport_ops ksmbd_smb_direct_transport_ops = {
 	.rdma_write	= smb_direct_rdma_write,
 	.free_transport = smb_direct_free_transport,
 };
+
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS("SMBDIRECT");
diff --git a/fs/smb/smbdirect/accept.c b/fs/smb/smbdirect/accept.c
index 704b271af3a8..529740005838 100644
--- a/fs/smb/smbdirect/accept.c
+++ b/fs/smb/smbdirect/accept.c
@@ -854,4 +854,4 @@ struct smbdirect_socket *smbdirect_socket_accept(struct smbdirect_socket *lsc,
 
 	return nsc;
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_socket_accept);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_socket_accept);
diff --git a/fs/smb/smbdirect/connect.c b/fs/smb/smbdirect/connect.c
index 8addee43a381..cd726b399afe 100644
--- a/fs/smb/smbdirect/connect.c
+++ b/fs/smb/smbdirect/connect.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ int smbdirect_connect(struct smbdirect_socket *sc, const struct sockaddr *dst)
 	 */
 	return 0;
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_connect);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_connect);
 
 static int smbdirect_connect_setup_connection(struct smbdirect_socket *sc)
 {
@@ -922,4 +922,4 @@ int smbdirect_connect_sync(struct smbdirect_socket *sc,
 
 	return 0;
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_connect_sync);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_connect_sync);
diff --git a/fs/smb/smbdirect/connection.c b/fs/smb/smbdirect/connection.c
index 822366718d45..fe9912e53da6 100644
--- a/fs/smb/smbdirect/connection.c
+++ b/fs/smb/smbdirect/connection.c
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ bool smbdirect_connection_is_connected(struct smbdirect_socket *sc)
 		return false;
 	return true;
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_connection_is_connected);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_connection_is_connected);
 
 int smbdirect_connection_wait_for_connected(struct smbdirect_socket *sc)
 {
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ int smbdirect_connection_wait_for_connected(struct smbdirect_socket *sc)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_connection_wait_for_connected);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_connection_wait_for_connected);
 
 void smbdirect_connection_idle_timer_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ int smbdirect_connection_send_batch_flush(struct smbdirect_socket *sc,
 
 	return ret;
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_connection_send_batch_flush);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_connection_send_batch_flush);
 
 struct smbdirect_send_batch *
 smbdirect_init_send_batch_storage(struct smbdirect_send_batch_storage *storage,
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ smbdirect_init_send_batch_storage(struct smbdirect_send_batch_storage *storage,
 
 	return batch;
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_init_send_batch_storage);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_init_send_batch_storage);
 
 static int smbdirect_connection_wait_for_send_bcredit(struct smbdirect_socket *sc,
 						      struct smbdirect_send_batch *batch)
@@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ int smbdirect_connection_send_single_iter(struct smbdirect_socket *sc,
 bcredit_failed:
 	return ret;
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_connection_send_single_iter);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_connection_send_single_iter);
 
 int smbdirect_connection_send_wait_zero_pending(struct smbdirect_socket *sc)
 {
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ int smbdirect_connection_send_wait_zero_pending(struct smbdirect_socket *sc)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_connection_send_wait_zero_pending);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_connection_send_wait_zero_pending);
 
 int smbdirect_connection_send_iter(struct smbdirect_socket *sc,
 				   struct iov_iter *iter,
@@ -1373,7 +1373,7 @@ int smbdirect_connection_send_iter(struct smbdirect_socket *sc,
 
 	return total_count;
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_connection_send_iter);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_connection_send_iter);
 
 static void smbdirect_connection_send_io_done(struct ib_cq *cq, struct ib_wc *wc)
 {
@@ -1937,7 +1937,7 @@ int smbdirect_connection_recvmsg(struct smbdirect_socket *sc,
 
 	goto again;
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_connection_recvmsg);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_connection_recvmsg);
 
 static bool smbdirect_map_sges_single_page(struct smbdirect_map_sges *state,
 					   struct page *page, size_t off, size_t len)
diff --git a/fs/smb/smbdirect/debug.c b/fs/smb/smbdirect/debug.c
index a66a19d4a463..05ba7c8d165e 100644
--- a/fs/smb/smbdirect/debug.c
+++ b/fs/smb/smbdirect/debug.c
@@ -85,4 +85,4 @@ void smbdirect_connection_legacy_debug_proc_show(struct smbdirect_socket *sc,
 		   atomic_read(&sc->mr_io.ready.count),
 		   atomic_read(&sc->mr_io.used.count));
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_connection_legacy_debug_proc_show);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_connection_legacy_debug_proc_show);
diff --git a/fs/smb/smbdirect/devices.c b/fs/smb/smbdirect/devices.c
index 44962f221c35..7adacbdfe12e 100644
--- a/fs/smb/smbdirect/devices.c
+++ b/fs/smb/smbdirect/devices.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ u8 smbdirect_netdev_rdma_capable_node_type(struct net_device *netdev)
 
 	return RDMA_NODE_UNSPECIFIED;
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_netdev_rdma_capable_node_type);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_netdev_rdma_capable_node_type);
 
 __init int smbdirect_devices_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/fs/smb/smbdirect/internal.h b/fs/smb/smbdirect/internal.h
index 2d5acf2c21bc..82529b41708b 100644
--- a/fs/smb/smbdirect/internal.h
+++ b/fs/smb/smbdirect/internal.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #ifndef __FS_SMB_COMMON_SMBDIRECT_INTERNAL_H__
 #define __FS_SMB_COMMON_SMBDIRECT_INTERNAL_H__
 
+#define DEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE "SMBDIRECT"
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
 
 #include "smbdirect.h"
diff --git a/fs/smb/smbdirect/listen.c b/fs/smb/smbdirect/listen.c
index 143a7618d95f..2f78bcaedbf8 100644
--- a/fs/smb/smbdirect/listen.c
+++ b/fs/smb/smbdirect/listen.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ int smbdirect_socket_listen(struct smbdirect_socket *sc, int backlog)
 	 */
 	return 0;
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_socket_listen);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_socket_listen);
 
 static int smbdirect_new_rdma_event_handler(struct rdma_cm_id *new_id,
 					    struct rdma_cm_event *event)
diff --git a/fs/smb/smbdirect/mr.c b/fs/smb/smbdirect/mr.c
index 5228e699cd5d..9e6ac9d8717a 100644
--- a/fs/smb/smbdirect/mr.c
+++ b/fs/smb/smbdirect/mr.c
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ smbdirect_connection_register_mr_io(struct smbdirect_socket *sc,
 		mutex_unlock(&mr->mutex);
 	return NULL;
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_connection_register_mr_io);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_connection_register_mr_io);
 
 void smbdirect_mr_io_fill_buffer_descriptor(struct smbdirect_mr_io *mr,
 					    struct smbdirect_buffer_descriptor_v1 *v1)
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ void smbdirect_mr_io_fill_buffer_descriptor(struct smbdirect_mr_io *mr,
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&mr->mutex);
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_mr_io_fill_buffer_descriptor);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_mr_io_fill_buffer_descriptor);
 
 /*
  * Deregister a MR after I/O is done
@@ -490,4 +490,4 @@ void smbdirect_connection_deregister_mr_io(struct smbdirect_mr_io *mr)
 	if (!kref_put(&mr->kref, smbdirect_mr_io_free_locked))
 		mutex_unlock(&mr->mutex);
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_connection_deregister_mr_io);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_connection_deregister_mr_io);
diff --git a/fs/smb/smbdirect/public.h b/fs/smb/smbdirect/public.h
index 50088155e7c3..d4fb36e65254 100644
--- a/fs/smb/smbdirect/public.h
+++ b/fs/smb/smbdirect/public.h
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ struct smbdirect_socket;
 struct smbdirect_send_batch;
 struct smbdirect_mr_io;
 
-#define __SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(__sym) EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES(__sym, "cifs,ksmbd")
-
 #include <rdma/rw.h>
 
 u8 smbdirect_netdev_rdma_capable_node_type(struct net_device *netdev);
diff --git a/fs/smb/smbdirect/rw.c b/fs/smb/smbdirect/rw.c
index c2f46b17731e..6fe38042cfb9 100644
--- a/fs/smb/smbdirect/rw.c
+++ b/fs/smb/smbdirect/rw.c
@@ -252,4 +252,4 @@ int smbdirect_connection_rdma_xmit(struct smbdirect_socket *sc,
 	kfree(msg);
 	goto out;
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_connection_rdma_xmit);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_connection_rdma_xmit);
diff --git a/fs/smb/smbdirect/socket.c b/fs/smb/smbdirect/socket.c
index 1b4ab01b745e..39cca7219c4d 100644
--- a/fs/smb/smbdirect/socket.c
+++ b/fs/smb/smbdirect/socket.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ bool smbdirect_frwr_is_supported(const struct ib_device_attr *attrs)
 		return false;
 	return true;
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_frwr_is_supported);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_frwr_is_supported);
 
 static void smbdirect_socket_cleanup_work(struct work_struct *work);
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ int smbdirect_socket_create_kern(struct net *net, struct smbdirect_socket **_sc)
 alloc_failed:
 	return ret;
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_socket_create_kern);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_socket_create_kern);
 
 int smbdirect_socket_init_accepting(struct rdma_cm_id *id, struct smbdirect_socket *sc)
 {
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ int smbdirect_socket_create_accepting(struct rdma_cm_id *id, struct smbdirect_so
 alloc_failed:
 	return ret;
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_socket_create_accepting);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_socket_create_accepting);
 
 int smbdirect_socket_set_initial_parameters(struct smbdirect_socket *sc,
 					    const struct smbdirect_socket_parameters *sp)
@@ -189,14 +189,14 @@ int smbdirect_socket_set_initial_parameters(struct smbdirect_socket *sc,
 
 	return 0;
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_socket_set_initial_parameters);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_socket_set_initial_parameters);
 
 const struct smbdirect_socket_parameters *
 smbdirect_socket_get_current_parameters(struct smbdirect_socket *sc)
 {
 	return &sc->parameters;
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_socket_get_current_parameters);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_socket_get_current_parameters);
 
 int smbdirect_socket_set_kernel_settings(struct smbdirect_socket *sc,
 					 enum ib_poll_context poll_ctx,
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ int smbdirect_socket_set_kernel_settings(struct smbdirect_socket *sc,
 
 	return 0;
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_socket_set_kernel_settings);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_socket_set_kernel_settings);
 
 void smbdirect_socket_set_logging(struct smbdirect_socket *sc,
 				  void *private_ptr,
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ void smbdirect_socket_set_logging(struct smbdirect_socket *sc,
 	sc->logging.needed = needed;
 	sc->logging.vaprintf = vaprintf;
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_socket_set_logging);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_socket_set_logging);
 
 static void smbdirect_socket_wake_up_all(struct smbdirect_socket *sc)
 {
@@ -663,13 +663,13 @@ int smbdirect_socket_bind(struct smbdirect_socket *sc, struct sockaddr *addr)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_socket_bind);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_socket_bind);
 
 void smbdirect_socket_shutdown(struct smbdirect_socket *sc)
 {
 	smbdirect_socket_schedule_cleanup_lvl(sc, SMBDIRECT_LOG_INFO, -ESHUTDOWN);
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_socket_shutdown);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_socket_shutdown);
 
 static void smbdirect_socket_release_disconnect(struct kref *kref)
 {
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ void smbdirect_socket_release(struct smbdirect_socket *sc)
 	 */
 	kref_put(&sc->refs.destroy, smbdirect_socket_release_destroy);
 }
-__SMBDIRECT_EXPORT_SYMBOL__(smbdirect_socket_release);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smbdirect_socket_release);
 
 int smbdirect_socket_wait_for_credits(struct smbdirect_socket *sc,
 				      enum smbdirect_socket_status expected_status,