diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
index 7c3b3dcbfbc8..e3c974a6c522 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_dev_vendor_release);
  * Once all references to platform device are down to 0,
  * release all allocated structures.
  */
-static void tpm_dev_release(struct device *dev)
+void tpm_dev_release(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct tpm_chip *chip = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
index 433423288709..a7bfc176ed43 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ extern struct tpm_chip* tpm_register_hardware(struct device *,
 				 const struct tpm_vendor_specific *);
 extern int tpm_open(struct inode *, struct file *);
 extern int tpm_release(struct inode *, struct file *);
+extern void tpm_dev_release(struct device *dev);
 extern void tpm_dev_vendor_release(struct tpm_chip *);
 extern ssize_t tpm_write(struct file *, const char __user *, size_t,
 			 loff_t *);