diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_base.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_base.c
index c83c3e3f5178..525712055bb2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_base.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_base.c
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spu_priv1_ops);
 struct cbe_spu_info cbe_spu_info[MAX_NUMNODES];
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cbe_spu_info);
 
+/*
+ * The spufs fault-handling code needs to call force_sig_info to raise signals
+ * on DMA errors. Export it here to avoid general kernel-wide access to this
+ * function
+ */
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(force_sig_info);
+
 /*
  * Protects cbe_spu_info and spu->number.
  */