diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
index 82c3fd4bc938511e5242fbbef85cbec077b3c119..d5e5c445a33c3b1add9e1443ea258a2477b000f7 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
@@ -3142,7 +3142,7 @@ int iscsi_conn_bind(struct iscsi_cls_session *cls_session,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iscsi_conn_bind);
 
-static int iscsi_switch_str_param(char **param, char *new_val_buf)
+int iscsi_switch_str_param(char **param, char *new_val_buf)
 {
 	char *new_val;
 
@@ -3159,6 +3159,7 @@ static int iscsi_switch_str_param(char **param, char *new_val_buf)
 	*param = new_val;
 	return 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iscsi_switch_str_param);
 
 int iscsi_set_param(struct iscsi_cls_conn *cls_conn,
 		    enum iscsi_param param, char *buf, int buflen)
diff --git a/include/scsi/libiscsi.h b/include/scsi/libiscsi.h
index 6e33386a3898c71fbf28cdbdb4d5a58fa73df966..09c041e6c35f16c1f43111db006c5b1199c33d44 100644
--- a/include/scsi/libiscsi.h
+++ b/include/scsi/libiscsi.h
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ extern void iscsi_complete_scsi_task(struct iscsi_task *task,
  */
 extern void iscsi_pool_free(struct iscsi_pool *);
 extern int iscsi_pool_init(struct iscsi_pool *, int, void ***, int);
+extern int iscsi_switch_str_param(char **, char *);
 
 /*
  * inline functions to deal with padding.