diff --git a/block/io.c b/block/io.c
index 02659f994d..039c0d49c9 100644
--- a/block/io.c
+++ b/block/io.c
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ static void tracked_request_begin(BdrvTrackedRequest *req,
     qemu_co_mutex_unlock(&bs->reqs_lock);
 }
 
-static void mark_request_serialising(BdrvTrackedRequest *req, uint64_t align)
+void bdrv_mark_request_serialising(BdrvTrackedRequest *req, uint64_t align)
 {
     int64_t overlap_offset = req->offset & ~(align - 1);
     uint64_t overlap_bytes = ROUND_UP(req->offset + req->bytes, align)
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ void bdrv_dec_in_flight(BlockDriverState *bs)
     bdrv_wakeup(bs);
 }
 
-static bool coroutine_fn wait_serialising_requests(BdrvTrackedRequest *self)
+bool coroutine_fn bdrv_wait_serialising_requests(BdrvTrackedRequest *self)
 {
     BlockDriverState *bs = self->bs;
     BdrvTrackedRequest *req;
@@ -1437,14 +1437,14 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_aligned_preadv(BdrvChild *child,
          * with each other for the same cluster.  For example, in copy-on-read
          * it ensures that the CoR read and write operations are atomic and
          * guest writes cannot interleave between them. */
-        mark_request_serialising(req, bdrv_get_cluster_size(bs));
+        bdrv_mark_request_serialising(req, bdrv_get_cluster_size(bs));
     }
 
     /* BDRV_REQ_SERIALISING is only for write operation */
     assert(!(flags & BDRV_REQ_SERIALISING));
 
     if (!(flags & BDRV_REQ_NO_SERIALISING)) {
-        wait_serialising_requests(req);
+        bdrv_wait_serialising_requests(req);
     }
 
     if (flags & BDRV_REQ_COPY_ON_READ) {
@@ -1841,10 +1841,10 @@ bdrv_co_write_req_prepare(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset, uint64_t bytes,
     assert(!(flags & ~BDRV_REQ_MASK));
 
     if (flags & BDRV_REQ_SERIALISING) {
-        mark_request_serialising(req, bdrv_get_cluster_size(bs));
+        bdrv_mark_request_serialising(req, bdrv_get_cluster_size(bs));
     }
 
-    waited = wait_serialising_requests(req);
+    waited = bdrv_wait_serialising_requests(req);
 
     assert(!waited || !req->serialising ||
            is_request_serialising_and_aligned(req));
@@ -2008,8 +2008,8 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_do_zero_pwritev(BdrvChild *child,
 
     padding = bdrv_init_padding(bs, offset, bytes, &pad);
     if (padding) {
-        mark_request_serialising(req, align);
-        wait_serialising_requests(req);
+        bdrv_mark_request_serialising(req, align);
+        bdrv_wait_serialising_requests(req);
 
         bdrv_padding_rmw_read(child, req, &pad, true);
 
@@ -2111,8 +2111,8 @@ int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_pwritev_part(BdrvChild *child,
     }
 
     if (bdrv_pad_request(bs, &qiov, &qiov_offset, &offset, &bytes, &pad)) {
-        mark_request_serialising(&req, align);
-        wait_serialising_requests(&req);
+        bdrv_mark_request_serialising(&req, align);
+        bdrv_wait_serialising_requests(&req);
         bdrv_padding_rmw_read(child, &req, &pad, false);
     }
 
@@ -3205,7 +3205,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_copy_range_internal(
         /* BDRV_REQ_SERIALISING is only for write operation */
         assert(!(read_flags & BDRV_REQ_SERIALISING));
         if (!(read_flags & BDRV_REQ_NO_SERIALISING)) {
-            wait_serialising_requests(&req);
+            bdrv_wait_serialising_requests(&req);
         }
 
         ret = src->bs->drv->bdrv_co_copy_range_from(src->bs,
@@ -3336,7 +3336,7 @@ int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_truncate(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset, bool exact,
      * new area, we need to make sure that no write requests are made to it
      * concurrently or they might be overwritten by preallocation. */
     if (new_bytes) {
-        mark_request_serialising(&req, 1);
+        bdrv_mark_request_serialising(&req, 1);
     }
     if (bs->read_only) {
         error_setg(errp, "Image is read-only");
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index 02dc0034a2..32fa323b63 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -999,6 +999,9 @@ extern unsigned int bdrv_drain_all_count;
 void bdrv_apply_subtree_drain(BdrvChild *child, BlockDriverState *new_parent);
 void bdrv_unapply_subtree_drain(BdrvChild *child, BlockDriverState *old_parent);
 
+bool coroutine_fn bdrv_wait_serialising_requests(BdrvTrackedRequest *self);
+void bdrv_mark_request_serialising(BdrvTrackedRequest *req, uint64_t align);
+
 int get_tmp_filename(char *filename, int size);
 BlockDriver *bdrv_probe_all(const uint8_t *buf, int buf_size,
                             const char *filename);