diff --git a/include/linux/scatterlist.h b/include/linux/scatterlist.h
index 8b7bce207229..146d07a7687a 100644
--- a/include/linux/scatterlist.h
+++ b/include/linux/scatterlist.h
@@ -242,6 +242,23 @@ static inline void *sg_virt(struct scatterlist *sg)
 	return page_address(sg_page(sg)) + sg->offset;
 }
 
+/**
+ * sg_init_marker - Initialize markers in sg table
+ * @sgl:	   The SG table
+ * @nents:	   Number of entries in table
+ *
+ **/
+static inline void sg_init_marker(struct scatterlist *sgl,
+				  unsigned int nents)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SG
+	unsigned int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < nents; i++)
+		sgl[i].sg_magic = SG_MAGIC;
+#endif
+	sg_mark_end(&sgl[nents - 1]);
+}
+
 int sg_nents(struct scatterlist *sg);
 int sg_nents_for_len(struct scatterlist *sg, u64 len);
 struct scatterlist *sg_next(struct scatterlist *);
diff --git a/lib/scatterlist.c b/lib/scatterlist.c
index 2cf02a82d502..792080ab497f 100644
--- a/lib/scatterlist.c
+++ b/lib/scatterlist.c
@@ -132,14 +132,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_last);
 void sg_init_table(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents)
 {
 	memset(sgl, 0, sizeof(*sgl) * nents);
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SG
-	{
-		unsigned int i;
-		for (i = 0; i < nents; i++)
-			sgl[i].sg_magic = SG_MAGIC;
-	}
-#endif
-	sg_mark_end(&sgl[nents - 1]);
+	sg_init_marker(sgl, nents);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_init_table);