diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/subsystem_restart.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/subsystem_restart.c
index 2421d14fdac6..53d1f7c3191c 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/subsystem_restart.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/subsystem_restart.c
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ static int __find_subsys_device(struct device *dev, const void *data)
 	return !strcmp(subsys->desc->name, data);
 }
 
-static struct subsys_device *find_subsys_device(const char *str)
+struct subsys_device *find_subsys_device(const char *str)
 {
 	struct device *dev;
 
@@ -804,6 +804,7 @@ static struct subsys_device *find_subsys_device(const char *str)
 			__find_subsys_device);
 	return dev ? to_subsys(dev) : NULL;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_subsys_device);
 
 static int subsys_start(struct subsys_device *subsys)
 {
diff --git a/include/soc/qcom/subsystem_restart.h b/include/soc/qcom/subsystem_restart.h
index 54afc99d75ef..11878bbe7dbe 100644
--- a/include/soc/qcom/subsystem_restart.h
+++ b/include/soc/qcom/subsystem_restart.h
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ static inline void complete_shutdown_ack(struct subsys_desc *desc)
 {
 	complete(&desc->shutdown_ack);
 }
+struct subsys_device *find_subsys_device(const char *str);
 #else
 
 static inline int subsystem_restart_dev(struct subsys_device *dev)