diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 0487d1f..a6dec32 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
  * @fmt: format string used to build the name
  * @vargs: vargs to format the string.
  */
-static int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt,
+int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt,
 				  va_list vargs)
 {
 	const char *old_name = kobj->name;