diff --git a/crypto/shash.c b/crypto/shash.c
index 8f9d883..97f6c8b 100644
--- a/crypto/shash.c
+++ b/crypto/shash.c
@@ -509,5 +509,14 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(shash_free_instance);
 
+int crypto_init_shash_spawn(struct crypto_shash_spawn *spawn,
+			    struct shash_alg *alg,
+			    struct crypto_instance *inst)
+{
+	return crypto_init_spawn2(&spawn->base, &alg->base, inst,
+				  &crypto_shash_type);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_init_shash_spawn);
+
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Synchronous cryptographic hash type");