diff --git a/include/exec/memory-internal.h b/include/exec/memory-internal.h
index c18b36cd15508c09a7f35a54998f30e522e4c25d..799c02a63ceed1649eddab7d5fc86e5cb39e5da2 100644
--- a/include/exec/memory-internal.h
+++ b/include/exec/memory-internal.h
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ void address_space_destroy_dispatch(AddressSpace *as);
 
 extern const MemoryRegionOps unassigned_mem_ops;
 
+bool memory_region_access_valid(MemoryRegion *mr, hwaddr addr,
+                                unsigned size, bool is_write);
+
 ram_addr_t qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr(ram_addr_t size, void *host,
                                    MemoryRegion *mr);
 ram_addr_t qemu_ram_alloc(ram_addr_t size, MemoryRegion *mr);
diff --git a/memory.c b/memory.c
index f2135d1de0b883941d561a5305cbf48005c9aff8..9e1c1a3abacb3d0de7251a48729bb311e3f8d967 100644
--- a/memory.c
+++ b/memory.c
@@ -851,10 +851,10 @@ const MemoryRegionOps unassigned_mem_ops = {
     .endianness = DEVICE_NATIVE_ENDIAN,
 };
 
-static bool memory_region_access_valid(MemoryRegion *mr,
-                                       hwaddr addr,
-                                       unsigned size,
-                                       bool is_write)
+bool memory_region_access_valid(MemoryRegion *mr,
+                                hwaddr addr,
+                                unsigned size,
+                                bool is_write)
 {
     if (mr->ops->valid.accepts
         && !mr->ops->valid.accepts(mr->opaque, addr, size, is_write)) {