diff --git a/os_if/linux/spectral/inc/wlan_cfg80211_spectral.h b/os_if/linux/spectral/inc/wlan_cfg80211_spectral.h
index ec5081c1ea50..fc04f58c4fc6 100644
--- a/os_if/linux/spectral/inc/wlan_cfg80211_spectral.h
+++ b/os_if/linux/spectral/inc/wlan_cfg80211_spectral.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017, 2019 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 2019-2020 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for
  * any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
 #include <spectral_ioctl.h>
 #include <wlan_spectral_public_structs.h>
 
+extern const struct nla_policy
+	spectral_scan_policy
+	[QCA_WLAN_VENDOR_ATTR_SPECTRAL_SCAN_CONFIG_MAX + 1];
+
 #define CONFIG_REQUESTED(type)    ((type == \
 	QCA_WLAN_VENDOR_ATTR_SPECTRAL_SCAN_REQUEST_TYPE_SCAN_AND_CONFIG) || \
 	(type == QCA_WLAN_VENDOR_ATTR_SPECTRAL_SCAN_REQUEST_TYPE_CONFIG))
diff --git a/os_if/linux/spectral/src/wlan_cfg80211_spectral.c b/os_if/linux/spectral/src/wlan_cfg80211_spectral.c
index b45efef147a7..1e41fd81b5da 100644
--- a/os_if/linux/spectral/src/wlan_cfg80211_spectral.c
+++ b/os_if/linux/spectral/src/wlan_cfg80211_spectral.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include <wlan_cfg80211_spectral.h>
 #include <spectral_ioctl.h>
 
-static const struct nla_policy spectral_scan_policy[
+const struct nla_policy spectral_scan_policy[
 		QCA_WLAN_VENDOR_ATTR_SPECTRAL_SCAN_CONFIG_MAX + 1] = {
 	[QCA_WLAN_VENDOR_ATTR_SPECTRAL_SCAN_CONFIG_SCAN_COUNT] = {
 							.type = NLA_U32},