diff --git a/drivers/bcma/main.c b/drivers/bcma/main.c
index b8379b90d045c85b1581e3b97b9f4bcb42aff2e1..7e138ec21357bb460e69f5aaed01d09307605709 100644
--- a/drivers/bcma/main.c
+++ b/drivers/bcma/main.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static struct bus_type bcma_bus_type = {
 	.dev_attrs	= bcma_device_attrs,
 };
 
-static struct bcma_device *bcma_find_core(struct bcma_bus *bus, u16 coreid)
+struct bcma_device *bcma_find_core(struct bcma_bus *bus, u16 coreid)
 {
 	struct bcma_device *core;
 
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ static struct bcma_device *bcma_find_core(struct bcma_bus *bus, u16 coreid)
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bcma_find_core);
 
 static void bcma_release_core_dev(struct device *dev)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/bcma/bcma.h b/include/linux/bcma/bcma.h
index b9f65fbee42f0bdaa8515b46a180817092efda3f..46bbd088c4ad7b367af3832520ea3f7aa67b8792 100644
--- a/include/linux/bcma/bcma.h
+++ b/include/linux/bcma/bcma.h
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ static inline void bcma_maskset16(struct bcma_device *cc,
 	bcma_write16(cc, offset, (bcma_read16(cc, offset) & mask) | set);
 }
 
+extern struct bcma_device *bcma_find_core(struct bcma_bus *bus, u16 coreid);
 extern bool bcma_core_is_enabled(struct bcma_device *core);
 extern void bcma_core_disable(struct bcma_device *core, u32 flags);
 extern int bcma_core_enable(struct bcma_device *core, u32 flags);