diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index da6af3ee67cd..0ae0bcb941bd 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -3281,6 +3281,7 @@ int _printk_deferred(const char *fmt, ...)
 
 	return r;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(_printk_deferred);
 
 /*
  * printk rate limiting, lifted from the networking subsystem.