diff --git a/fs/smb/common/smbdirect/smbdirect_socket.c b/fs/smb/common/smbdirect/smbdirect_socket.c
index 251d15219173..57b6e8e16183 100644
--- a/fs/smb/common/smbdirect/smbdirect_socket.c
+++ b/fs/smb/common/smbdirect/smbdirect_socket.c
@@ -385,6 +385,12 @@ static void smbdirect_socket_destroy_sync(struct smbdirect_socket *sc)
 		SMBDIRECT_DEBUG_ERR_PTR(sc->first_error));
 }
 
+__maybe_unused /* this is temporary while this file is included in others */
+static void smbdirect_socket_shutdown(struct smbdirect_socket *sc)
+{
+	smbdirect_socket_schedule_cleanup_lvl(sc, SMBDIRECT_LOG_INFO, -ESHUTDOWN);
+}
+
 __maybe_unused /* this is temporary while this file is included in others */
 static int smbdirect_socket_wait_for_credits(struct smbdirect_socket *sc,
 					     enum smbdirect_socket_status expected_status,