diff --git a/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c b/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c
index 525c734..ad0459c 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c
@@ -610,10 +610,11 @@
 
 /* -----exported algorithm data: -------------------------------------	*/
 
-static const struct i2c_algorithm i2c_bit_algo = {
+const struct i2c_algorithm i2c_bit_algo = {
 	.master_xfer	= bit_xfer,
 	.functionality	= bit_func,
 };
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2c_bit_algo);
 
 /*
  * registering functions to load algorithms at runtime