diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 80d5e86d0e3465d9600eaa5986f9baef921fde4f..9610e0cb6fcb79647f48d99eeb9e8a4d218be77e 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -1095,6 +1095,7 @@ virHostCPUGetOnlineBitmap;
 virHostCPUGetPresentBitmap;
 virHostCPUGetStats;
 virHostCPUGetThreadsPerSubcore;
+virHostCPUStatsAssign;
 virHostMemAllocPages;
 virHostMemGetCellsFree;
 virHostMemGetFreePages;
diff --git a/src/util/virhostcpu.c b/src/util/virhostcpu.c
index b5a37a8965fb1b21b76b389ddd34dace08b2a41e..856d83c3e49b8f21856e5a399199f56f7e7dca26 100644
--- a/src/util/virhostcpu.c
+++ b/src/util/virhostcpu.c
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ virHostCPUGetInfoPopulateLinux(FILE *cpuinfo,
     return ret;
 }
 
-static int
+int
 virHostCPUStatsAssign(virNodeCPUStatsPtr param,
                       const char *name,
                       unsigned long long value)
diff --git a/src/util/virhostcpu.h b/src/util/virhostcpu.h
index bc9cf98b53ea47dd2dbcea49d0cf7bce3387631a..b0487046082f3a028e1edb06abf936ae095d9fb1 100644
--- a/src/util/virhostcpu.h
+++ b/src/util/virhostcpu.h
@@ -53,4 +53,8 @@ int virHostCPUGetInfo(virArch hostarch,
 
 int virHostCPUGetKVMMaxVCPUs(void);
 
+int virHostCPUStatsAssign(virNodeCPUStatsPtr param,
+                          const char *name,
+                          unsigned long long value);
+
 #endif /* __VIR_HOSTCPU_H__*/