diff --git a/drivers/pci/switch/switchtec.c b/drivers/pci/switch/switchtec.c
index 5b75d3008ff818a50a760699b170e0cac12fb38d..39c9218d733fcfaf9fd494462bc6faa2a62a3c41 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/switch/switchtec.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/switch/switchtec.c
@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@ module_param(max_devices, int, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_devices, "max number of switchtec device instances");
 
 static dev_t switchtec_devt;
-static struct class *switchtec_class;
 static DEFINE_IDA(switchtec_minor_ida);
 
+struct class *switchtec_class;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(switchtec_class);
+
 enum mrpc_state {
 	MRPC_IDLE = 0,
 	MRPC_QUEUED,
diff --git a/include/linux/switchtec.h b/include/linux/switchtec.h
index 1cbd0e63b0aba6547bfdcc27bcd0077dc43ecf0f..18e388101855bdc560b80c05a61f85bc3b5bab88 100644
--- a/include/linux/switchtec.h
+++ b/include/linux/switchtec.h
@@ -276,4 +276,6 @@ static inline struct switchtec_dev *to_stdev(struct device *dev)
 	return container_of(dev, struct switchtec_dev, dev);
 }
 
+extern struct class *switchtec_class;
+
 #endif