diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_aux.c b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_aux.c
index 811ce8a2825033665a68d21719ec4d25a83ac20b..6397de01b85ebac83726d0a522814e47c6783c76 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_aux.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_aux.c
@@ -106,19 +106,6 @@ static int __init zfcp_device_setup(char *devstr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct zfcp_adapter *zfcp_get_adapter_by_busid(char *bus_id)
-{
-	struct zfcp_adapter *adapter;
-
-	list_for_each_entry(adapter, &zfcp_data.adapter_list_head, list)
-		if ((strncmp(bus_id, adapter->ccw_device->dev.bus_id,
-			     BUS_ID_SIZE) == 0) &&
-		    !(atomic_read(&adapter->status) &
-		      ZFCP_STATUS_COMMON_REMOVE))
-		    return adapter;
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 static void __init zfcp_init_device_configure(void)
 {
 	struct zfcp_adapter *adapter;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_ccw.c b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_ccw.c
index 0e1a42f7a4b568006df99c3e9a70a81d550c9b8b..3a9bd5451a49a64264f295fa7de83be3cde69c02 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_ccw.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_ccw.c
@@ -224,3 +224,20 @@ int __init zfcp_ccw_register(void)
 {
 	return ccw_driver_register(&zfcp_ccw_driver);
 }
+
+/**
+ * zfcp_get_adapter_by_busid - find zfcp_adapter struct
+ * @busid: bus id string of zfcp adapter to find
+ */
+struct zfcp_adapter *zfcp_get_adapter_by_busid(char *busid)
+{
+	struct ccw_device *ccw_device;
+	struct zfcp_adapter *adapter = NULL;
+
+	ccw_device = get_ccwdev_by_busid(&zfcp_ccw_driver, busid);
+	if (ccw_device) {
+		adapter = dev_get_drvdata(&ccw_device->dev);
+		put_device(&ccw_device->dev);
+	}
+	return adapter;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_ext.h b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_ext.h
index ca1db974fc5cc479a38765a2ffdd9f02f134182c..b8c5c37b2afaa9896ca8667df3743baff8d8e1c3 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_ext.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_ext.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ extern int zfcp_sg_setup_table(struct scatterlist *, int);
 
 /* zfcp_ccw.c */
 extern int zfcp_ccw_register(void);
+extern struct zfcp_adapter *zfcp_get_adapter_by_busid(char *);
 
 /* zfcp_cfdc.c */
 extern struct miscdevice zfcp_cfdc_misc;