diff --git a/drivers/gpu/host1x-nvhost/nvhost.c b/drivers/gpu/host1x-nvhost/nvhost.c
index 8f7f71da..178b5eeb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/host1x-nvhost/nvhost.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/host1x-nvhost/nvhost.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ struct platform_device *nvhost_get_default_device(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nvhost_get_default_device);
 
-static struct platform_device *nvhost_get_host1x_device(int instance)
+struct platform_device *nvhost_get_host1x_device(int instance)
 {
 	struct platform_device *host1x_pdev;
 	struct device_node *np;
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ static struct platform_device *nvhost_get_host1x_device(int instance)
 
 	return NULL;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(nvhost_get_host1x_device);
 
 struct host1x *nvhost_get_host1x(struct platform_device *client_pdev)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/nvhost.h b/include/linux/nvhost.h
index 7bfad65f..3a4d9fbc 100644
--- a/include/linux/nvhost.h
+++ b/include/linux/nvhost.h
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ int nvhost_flcn_finalize_poweron(struct platform_device *dev);
 
 /* public api to return platform_device ptr to the default host1x instance */
 struct platform_device *nvhost_get_default_device(void);
+struct platform_device *nvhost_get_host1x_device(int instance);
 
 /* common runtime pm and power domain APIs */
 int nvhost_module_init(struct platform_device *ndev);