diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h
index e5f9b7e656c34b385ef2aa2a309a702c587b6388..404db83ee5ecb5d35047b69189c0072ef3723a73 100644
--- a/drivers/base/base.h
+++ b/drivers/base/base.h
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ extern int driver_add_groups(struct device_driver *drv,
 			     const struct attribute_group **groups);
 extern void driver_remove_groups(struct device_driver *drv,
 				 const struct attribute_group **groups);
-int device_driver_attach(struct device_driver *drv, struct device *dev);
 void device_driver_detach(struct device *dev);
 
 extern char *make_class_name(const char *name, struct kobject *kobj);
diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 1d8012459587d1f2379533fa34620a8b36ca0e0c..daeb9b5763ae353b226559923cd64673498a2397 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -471,6 +471,8 @@ static void driver_sysfs_remove(struct device *dev)
  * (It is ok to call with no other effort from a driver's probe() method.)
  *
  * This function must be called with the device lock held.
+ *
+ * Callers should prefer to use device_driver_attach() instead.
  */
 int device_bind_driver(struct device *dev)
 {
@@ -1065,6 +1067,7 @@ int device_driver_attach(struct device_driver *drv, struct device *dev)
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_driver_attach);
 
 static void __driver_attach_async_helper(void *_dev, async_cookie_t cookie)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index f1a00040fa5349beb2e650376b4c56ddeb6cc46a..d8b9c9e7d4931d31e6f85c59c9f3d9fde25b4328 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -845,6 +845,8 @@ static inline void *dev_get_platdata(const struct device *dev)
  * Manual binding of a device to driver. See drivers/base/bus.c
  * for information on use.
  */
+int __must_check device_driver_attach(struct device_driver *drv,
+				      struct device *dev);
 int __must_check device_bind_driver(struct device *dev);
 void device_release_driver(struct device *dev);
 int  __must_check device_attach(struct device *dev);