diff --git a/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c b/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
index 7e45e73c1fa6..fea7043ea25a 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ struct irq_desc *irq_to_desc(unsigned int irq)
 {
 	return radix_tree_lookup(&irq_desc_tree, irq);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(irq_to_desc);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(irq_to_desc);
 
 static void delete_irq_desc(unsigned int irq)
 {