diff --git a/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c b/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c
index b85ae1bf2b7d..75e87073e3bc 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c
@@ -1460,7 +1460,8 @@ __acquires(bitmap->lock)
 			&(bitmap->bp[page].map[pageoff]);
 }
 
-int md_bitmap_startwrite(struct bitmap *bitmap, sector_t offset, unsigned long sectors, int behind)
+static int bitmap_startwrite(struct bitmap *bitmap, sector_t offset,
+			     unsigned long sectors, int behind)
 {
 	if (!bitmap)
 		return 0;
@@ -1522,7 +1523,6 @@ int md_bitmap_startwrite(struct bitmap *bitmap, sector_t offset, unsigned long s
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(md_bitmap_startwrite);
 
 void md_bitmap_endwrite(struct bitmap *bitmap, sector_t offset,
 			unsigned long sectors, int success, int behind)
@@ -2716,6 +2716,8 @@ static struct bitmap_operations bitmap_ops = {
 	.write_all		= bitmap_write_all,
 	.dirty_bits		= bitmap_dirty_bits,
 
+	.startwrite		= bitmap_startwrite,
+
 	.update_sb		= bitmap_update_sb,
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/md-bitmap.h b/drivers/md/md-bitmap.h
index b708a25bd6f4..166cc2a44909 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md-bitmap.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md-bitmap.h
@@ -243,6 +243,9 @@ struct bitmap_operations {
 	void (*write_all)(struct bitmap *bitmap);
 	void (*dirty_bits)(struct bitmap *bitmap, unsigned long s, unsigned long e);
 
+	int (*startwrite)(struct bitmap *bitmap, sector_t offset,
+			  unsigned long sectors, int behind);
+
 	void (*update_sb)(struct bitmap *bitmap);
 };
 
@@ -316,8 +319,16 @@ static inline void md_bitmap_dirty_bits(struct mddev *mddev, unsigned long s,
 }
 
 /* these are exported */
-int md_bitmap_startwrite(struct bitmap *bitmap, sector_t offset,
-			 unsigned long sectors, int behind);
+static inline int md_bitmap_startwrite(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t offset,
+				       unsigned long sectors, int behind)
+{
+	if (!mddev->bitmap || !mddev->bitmap_ops->startwrite)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	return mddev->bitmap_ops->startwrite(mddev->bitmap, offset, sectors,
+					     behind);
+}
+
 void md_bitmap_endwrite(struct bitmap *bitmap, sector_t offset,
 			unsigned long sectors, int success, int behind);
 int md_bitmap_start_sync(struct bitmap *bitmap, sector_t offset, sector_t *blocks, int degraded);
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 7acfe7c9dc8d..16e741bde382 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -1617,7 +1617,8 @@ static void raid1_write_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio,
 				alloc_behind_master_bio(r1_bio, bio);
 			}
 
-			md_bitmap_startwrite(bitmap, r1_bio->sector, r1_bio->sectors,
+			md_bitmap_startwrite(mddev, r1_bio->sector,
+					     r1_bio->sectors,
 					     test_bit(R1BIO_BehindIO, &r1_bio->state));
 			first_clone = 0;
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 2a9c4ee982e0..34948fef1339 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -1492,7 +1492,7 @@ static void raid10_write_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio,
 	md_account_bio(mddev, &bio);
 	r10_bio->master_bio = bio;
 	atomic_set(&r10_bio->remaining, 1);
-	md_bitmap_startwrite(mddev->bitmap, r10_bio->sector, r10_bio->sectors, 0);
+	md_bitmap_startwrite(mddev, r10_bio->sector, r10_bio->sectors, 0);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < conf->copies; i++) {
 		if (r10_bio->devs[i].bio)
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index c14cf2410365..127e4b4c6c20 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -3563,7 +3563,7 @@ static void __add_stripe_bio(struct stripe_head *sh, struct bio *bi,
 		 */
 		set_bit(STRIPE_BITMAP_PENDING, &sh->state);
 		spin_unlock_irq(&sh->stripe_lock);
-		md_bitmap_startwrite(conf->mddev->bitmap, sh->sector,
+		md_bitmap_startwrite(conf->mddev, sh->sector,
 				     RAID5_STRIPE_SECTORS(conf), 0);
 		spin_lock_irq(&sh->stripe_lock);
 		clear_bit(STRIPE_BITMAP_PENDING, &sh->state);
@@ -5791,8 +5791,7 @@ static void make_discard_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bi)
 			for (d = 0;
 			     d < conf->raid_disks - conf->max_degraded;
 			     d++)
-				md_bitmap_startwrite(mddev->bitmap,
-						     sh->sector,
+				md_bitmap_startwrite(mddev, sh->sector,
 						     RAID5_STRIPE_SECTORS(conf),
 						     0);
 			sh->bm_seq = conf->seq_flush + 1;
