diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
index c7243d3f91dfdbb64845a17a683b7360151eeec0..880092c6c94c8183aafea08b45fe8585dc456d5f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
@@ -343,10 +343,6 @@ static void mlxsw_sp_rif_counters_free(struct mlxsw_sp_rif *rif)
 	mlxsw_sp_rif_counter_free(mlxsw_sp, rif, MLXSW_SP_RIF_COUNTER_EGRESS);
 }
 
-static struct mlxsw_sp_rif *
-mlxsw_sp_rif_find_by_dev(const struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
-			 const struct net_device *dev);
-
 #define MLXSW_SP_PREFIX_COUNT (sizeof(struct in6_addr) * BITS_PER_BYTE + 1)
 
 struct mlxsw_sp_prefix_usage {
@@ -5968,7 +5964,7 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_router_fib_event(struct notifier_block *nb,
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }
 
-static struct mlxsw_sp_rif *
+struct mlxsw_sp_rif *
 mlxsw_sp_rif_find_by_dev(const struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 			 const struct net_device *dev)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.h
index a01edcf567971f860f59f9b8339d75b8aba786ec..5a258b1db03c8503cd4dff2488cbd42f4bfa5ba7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.h
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ struct mlxsw_sp_neigh_entry;
 struct mlxsw_sp_nexthop;
 struct mlxsw_sp_ipip_entry;
 
+struct mlxsw_sp_rif *mlxsw_sp_rif_find_by_dev(const struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
+					      const struct net_device *dev);
 struct mlxsw_sp_rif *mlxsw_sp_rif_by_index(const struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 					   u16 rif_index);
 u16 mlxsw_sp_rif_index(const struct mlxsw_sp_rif *rif);