diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c
index 0cbd0494b79..14cf9de1dbe 100644
--- a/fs/seq_file.c
+++ b/fs/seq_file.c
@@ -385,15 +385,12 @@ int seq_escape(struct seq_file *m, const char *s, const char *esc)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_escape);
 
-int seq_printf(struct seq_file *m, const char *f, ...)
+int seq_vprintf(struct seq_file *m, const char *f, va_list args)
 {
-	va_list args;
 	int len;
 
 	if (m->count < m->size) {
-		va_start(args, f);
 		len = vsnprintf(m->buf + m->count, m->size - m->count, f, args);
-		va_end(args);
 		if (m->count + len < m->size) {
 			m->count += len;
 			return 0;
@@ -402,6 +399,19 @@ int seq_printf(struct seq_file *m, const char *f, ...)
 	seq_set_overflow(m);
 	return -1;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_vprintf);
+
+int seq_printf(struct seq_file *m, const char *f, ...)
+{
+	int ret;
+	va_list args;
+
+	va_start(args, f);
+	ret = seq_vprintf(m, f, args);
+	va_end(args);
+
+	return ret;
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_printf);
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/seq_file.h b/include/linux/seq_file.h
index fc61854f622..83c44eefe69 100644
--- a/include/linux/seq_file.h
+++ b/include/linux/seq_file.h
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ int seq_puts(struct seq_file *m, const char *s);
 int seq_write(struct seq_file *seq, const void *data, size_t len);
 
 __printf(2, 3) int seq_printf(struct seq_file *, const char *, ...);
+__printf(2, 0) int seq_vprintf(struct seq_file *, const char *, va_list args);
 
 int seq_path(struct seq_file *, const struct path *, const char *);
 int seq_dentry(struct seq_file *, struct dentry *, const char *);