diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index 562d72e04e6e09c17ef9b3452187429e2f567452..0a8a5f50b4665e23eed1cf617c72a040fba37246 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -2080,6 +2080,7 @@ int snd_soc_new_ac97_codec(struct snd_soc_codec *codec,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_soc_new_ac97_codec);
 
 struct snd_ac97_bus_ops *soc_ac97_ops;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(soc_ac97_ops);
 
 int snd_soc_set_ac97_ops(struct snd_ac97_bus_ops *ops)
 {