diff --git a/lib/irq_regs.c b/lib/irq_regs.c
index 101b1a4f9b14dc2a990b24822f90ae0e6a3474a3..753880a5440cc691eb42d3615e6f2f24877976b2 100644
--- a/lib/irq_regs.c
+++ b/lib/irq_regs.c
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@
  * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
  * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  */
+#include <linux/module.h>
 #include <asm/irq_regs.h>
 
 #ifndef ARCH_HAS_OWN_IRQ_REGS
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct pt_regs *, __irq_regs);
+EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(__irq_regs);
 #endif