diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
index 4991371012b4..05509f3aaee8 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
@@ -636,3 +636,36 @@ u64 __weak efi_mem_attributes(unsigned long phys_addr)
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int efi_status_to_err(efi_status_t status)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	switch (status) {
+	case EFI_SUCCESS:
+		err = 0;
+		break;
+	case EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER:
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		break;
+	case EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES:
+		err = -ENOSPC;
+		break;
+	case EFI_DEVICE_ERROR:
+		err = -EIO;
+		break;
+	case EFI_WRITE_PROTECTED:
+		err = -EROFS;
+		break;
+	case EFI_SECURITY_VIOLATION:
+		err = -EACCES;
+		break;
+	case EFI_NOT_FOUND:
+		err = -ENOENT;
+		break;
+	default:
+		err = -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
index 34b741940494..0012331d5a3d 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
@@ -329,39 +329,6 @@ check_var_size_nonblocking(u32 attributes, unsigned long size)
 	return fops->query_variable_store(attributes, size, true);
 }
 
-static int efi_status_to_err(efi_status_t status)
-{
-	int err;
-
-	switch (status) {
-	case EFI_SUCCESS:
-		err = 0;
-		break;
-	case EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER:
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		break;
-	case EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES:
-		err = -ENOSPC;
-		break;
-	case EFI_DEVICE_ERROR:
-		err = -EIO;
-		break;
-	case EFI_WRITE_PROTECTED:
-		err = -EROFS;
-		break;
-	case EFI_SECURITY_VIOLATION:
-		err = -EACCES;
-		break;
-	case EFI_NOT_FOUND:
-		err = -ENOENT;
-		break;
-	default:
-		err = -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	return err;
-}
-
 static bool variable_is_present(efi_char16_t *variable_name, efi_guid_t *vendor,
 				struct list_head *head)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
index 4db7052b2699..ca47481885c4 100644
--- a/include/linux/efi.h
+++ b/include/linux/efi.h
@@ -1080,6 +1080,8 @@ static inline void
 efi_reboot(enum reboot_mode reboot_mode, const char *__unused) {}
 #endif
 
+extern int efi_status_to_err(efi_status_t status);
+
 /*
  * Variable Attributes
  */