diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/prom.h b/arch/sparc/kernel/prom.h
index dce53de274e8..b7258ce87ccc 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/prom.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/prom.h
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@
 extern struct device_node *allnodes;	/* temporary while merging */
 extern rwlock_t devtree_lock;	/* temporary while merging */
 
+extern void * prom_early_alloc(unsigned long size);
+
 #endif /* __PROM_H */
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_32.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_32.c
index e41df66192e5..ba3c55186823 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_32.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 static unsigned int prom_early_allocated;
 
-static void * __init prom_early_alloc(unsigned long size)
+void * __init prom_early_alloc(unsigned long size)
 {
 	void *ret;
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_64.c
index 1f5666a94884..1c7b9d7b7889 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_64.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 static unsigned int prom_early_allocated __initdata;
 
-static void * __init prom_early_alloc(unsigned long size)
+void * __init prom_early_alloc(unsigned long size)
 {
 	unsigned long paddr = lmb_alloc(size, SMP_CACHE_BYTES);
 	void *ret;