diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_api.h b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_api.h
index d8d77c0443297be94a3c9ac2b90610051f42dfa4..64625e3b5e09228fd7404d9f760549070da81aeb 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_api.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_api.h
@@ -122,5 +122,8 @@ int netvsc_device_remove(struct hv_device *device);
 int netvsc_initialize(struct hv_driver *drv);
 int rndis_filter_open(struct hv_device *dev);
 int rndis_filter_close(struct hv_device *dev);
+int rndis_filte_device_add(struct hv_device *dev,
+			void *additional_info);
+
 
 #endif /* _NETVSC_API_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c b/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c
index 6305050f9e8d24216d8522f116bc557945e19926..09118b8118bd3031148ec5717b2d7220e851dbd4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c
@@ -84,9 +84,6 @@ struct rndis_filter_packet {
 };
 
 
-static int rndis_filte_device_add(struct hv_device *dev,
-				  void *additional_info);
-
 static int rndis_filter_device_remove(struct hv_device *dev);
 
 static void rndis_filter_cleanup(struct hv_driver *drv);
@@ -746,7 +743,7 @@ static int rndis_filter_close_device(struct rndis_device *dev)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int rndis_filte_device_add(struct hv_device *dev,
+int rndis_filte_device_add(struct hv_device *dev,
 				  void *additional_info)
 {
 	int ret;