diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
index c4b16cae2bc9..1256c0c3a997 100644
--- a/mm/memblock.c
+++ b/mm/memblock.c
@@ -823,6 +823,9 @@ int __init_memblock memblock_free(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size)
 	kmemleak_free_part_phys(base, size);
 	return memblock_remove_range(&memblock.reserved, base, size);
 }
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(memblock_free);
+#endif
 
 int __init_memblock memblock_reserve(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size)
 {