diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/channel.c b/drivers/staging/hv/channel.c
index a6d609b8f5840022905f05746ddf51cb4c27bcb0..26ebc77f22b7098f1f549edaacd2237efd99d0ea 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/channel.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/channel.c
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ int vmbus_open(struct vmbus_channel *newchannel, u32 send_ringbuffer_size,
 	kfree(openInfo);
 	return err;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vmbus_open);
 
 /*
  * dump_gpadl_body - Dump the gpadl body message to the console for