diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/core.h b/drivers/message/i2o/core.h
index 49851cccc48dfeadc54508e5a193204b86d09ee5..c5bcfd70f71151a74306ec87fcc46115a65eef18 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/core.h
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/core.h
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ extern void i2o_iop_free(struct i2o_controller *);
 extern int i2o_iop_add(struct i2o_controller *);
 extern void i2o_iop_remove(struct i2o_controller *);
 
+/* config */
+extern int i2o_parm_issue(struct i2o_device *, int, void *, int, void *, int);
+
 /* control registers relative to c->base */
 #define I2O_IRQ_STATUS	0x30
 #define I2O_IRQ_MASK	0x34
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/device.c b/drivers/message/i2o/device.c
index d8d6e89a91cc476426ae12f70fbcc59c4c0c516b..21f16ba3ac38a5f77477daa4eb9e5109e049b6d7 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/device.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/device.c
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ static struct class_interface i2o_device_class_interface = {
  *	Note that the minimum sized reslist is 8 bytes and contains
  *	ResultCount, ErrorInfoSize, BlockStatus and BlockSize.
  */
-static int i2o_parm_issue(struct i2o_device *i2o_dev, int cmd, void *oplist,
+int i2o_parm_issue(struct i2o_device *i2o_dev, int cmd, void *oplist,
 			  int oplen, void *reslist, int reslen)
 {
 	struct i2o_message __iomem *msg;
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_config.c b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_config.c
index 8ebc86ff100297101d8b9c5710ccb92d9bb24c2d..3c3a7abebb1bef7969a8737f1861055fbcd7c3e6 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_config.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_config.c
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
-#define SG_TABLESIZE		30
+#include "core.h"
 
-extern int i2o_parm_issue(struct i2o_device *, int, void *, int, void *, int);
+#define SG_TABLESIZE		30
 
 static int i2o_cfg_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd,
 			 unsigned long arg);