diff --git a/fs/smb/common/smbdirect/smbdirect_socket.c b/fs/smb/common/smbdirect/smbdirect_socket.c
index 6c2732496cf7..30a4e973ce77 100644
--- a/fs/smb/common/smbdirect/smbdirect_socket.c
+++ b/fs/smb/common/smbdirect/smbdirect_socket.c
@@ -44,3 +44,22 @@ static void smbdirect_socket_set_logging(struct smbdirect_socket *sc,
 	sc->logging.needed = needed;
 	sc->logging.vaprintf = vaprintf;
 }
+
+__maybe_unused /* this is temporary while this file is included in others */
+static void smbdirect_socket_wake_up_all(struct smbdirect_socket *sc)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Wake up all waiters in all wait queues
+	 * in order to notice the broken connection.
+	 */
+	wake_up_all(&sc->status_wait);
+	wake_up_all(&sc->send_io.bcredits.wait_queue);
+	wake_up_all(&sc->send_io.lcredits.wait_queue);
+	wake_up_all(&sc->send_io.credits.wait_queue);
+	wake_up_all(&sc->send_io.pending.dec_wait_queue);
+	wake_up_all(&sc->send_io.pending.zero_wait_queue);
+	wake_up_all(&sc->recv_io.reassembly.wait_queue);
+	wake_up_all(&sc->rw_io.credits.wait_queue);
+	wake_up_all(&sc->mr_io.ready.wait_queue);
+	wake_up_all(&sc->mr_io.cleanup.wait_queue);
+}