diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 5b4b8886435e..03512a40a3ef 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -758,6 +758,7 @@ const struct sysfs_ops kobj_sysfs_ops = {
 	.show	= kobj_attr_show,
 	.store	= kobj_attr_store,
 };
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobj_sysfs_ops);
 
 /**
  * kobj_completion_init - initialize a kobj_completion object.