diff --git a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
index be4c731aaa65daf68a7431f0165838c21ce0e9f7..54b0280d0073a920854d8c915a31f27105019ba8 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
@@ -1334,6 +1334,12 @@ struct hid_ll_driver usb_hid_driver = {
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_hid_driver);
 
+bool hid_is_usb(const struct hid_device *hdev)
+{
+	return hdev->ll_driver == &usb_hid_driver;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hid_is_usb);
+
 static int usbhid_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, const struct usb_device_id *id)
 {
 	struct usb_host_interface *interface = intf->cur_altsetting;
diff --git a/include/linux/hid.h b/include/linux/hid.h
index 1eb5408599cdddd0944fbb88304c28f307fb9345..c4cf9cea437727b1f820121e4c91607207b9ced3 100644
--- a/include/linux/hid.h
+++ b/include/linux/hid.h
@@ -866,10 +866,7 @@ static inline bool hid_is_using_ll_driver(struct hid_device *hdev,
 	return hdev->ll_driver == driver;
 }
 
-static inline bool hid_is_usb(struct hid_device *hdev)
-{
-	return hid_is_using_ll_driver(hdev, &usb_hid_driver);
-}
+extern bool hid_is_usb(const struct hid_device *hdev);
 
 #define	PM_HINT_FULLON	1<<5
 #define PM_HINT_NORMAL	1<<1