diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 34647f3d4473..323faf5229d2 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -7530,6 +7530,7 @@ unsigned long free_reserved_area(void *start, void *end, int poison, const char
 
 	return pages;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(free_reserved_area);
 
 #ifdef	CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 void free_highmem_page(struct page *page)