diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/GlobalISel/Utils.h b/llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/GlobalISel/Utils.h
index a230f5adfe88..9fad903ea16b 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/GlobalISel/Utils.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/GlobalISel/Utils.h
@@ -151,6 +151,18 @@ const ConstantFP* getConstantFPVRegVal(Register VReg,
 MachineInstr *getOpcodeDef(unsigned Opcode, Register Reg,
                            const MachineRegisterInfo &MRI);
 
+/// Simple struct used to hold a Register value and the instruction which
+/// defines it.
+struct DefinitionAndSourceRegister {
+  MachineInstr *MI;
+  Register Reg;
+};
+
+/// Find the def instruction for \p Reg, and underlying value Register folding
+/// away any copies.
+Optional<DefinitionAndSourceRegister>
+getDefSrcRegIgnoringCopies(Register Reg, const MachineRegisterInfo &MRI);
+
 /// Find the def instruction for \p Reg, folding away any trivial copies. May
 /// return nullptr if \p Reg is not a generic virtual register.
 MachineInstr *getDefIgnoringCopies(Register Reg,
diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/GlobalISel/Utils.cpp b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/GlobalISel/Utils.cpp
index 070a45951fed..a72f9f66560c 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/GlobalISel/Utils.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/GlobalISel/Utils.cpp
@@ -351,15 +351,8 @@ llvm::getConstantFPVRegVal(Register VReg, const MachineRegisterInfo &MRI) {
   return MI->getOperand(1).getFPImm();
 }
 
-namespace {
-struct DefinitionAndSourceRegister {
-  MachineInstr *MI;
-  Register Reg;
-};
-} // namespace
-
-static Optional<DefinitionAndSourceRegister>
-getDefSrcRegIgnoringCopies(Register Reg, const MachineRegisterInfo &MRI) {
+Optional<DefinitionAndSourceRegister>
+llvm::getDefSrcRegIgnoringCopies(Register Reg, const MachineRegisterInfo &MRI) {
   Register DefSrcReg = Reg;
   auto *DefMI = MRI.getVRegDef(Reg);
   auto DstTy = MRI.getType(DefMI->getOperand(0).getReg());