diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
index 4271f7a655a3adfb5e0636e83c8f6e59b61e1868..845c72ab7357884c580a1c6f3f3217ed4987ee75 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
@@ -660,6 +660,7 @@ late_initcall(check_cache_coherency);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
 struct dentry *powerpc_debugfs_root;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(powerpc_debugfs_root);
 
 static int powerpc_debugfs_init(void)
 {