diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index a97f7a0b0d6e42473206d7b205e84efb4e01acd3..52b2cd4ac8b203fba70715094db3a0231f35e55c 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ static inline int i2c_acpi_install_space_handler(struct i2c_adapter *adapter)
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-static const struct i2c_device_id *i2c_match_id(const struct i2c_device_id *id,
+const struct i2c_device_id *i2c_match_id(const struct i2c_device_id *id,
 						const struct i2c_client *client)
 {
 	if (!(id && client))
@@ -689,6 +689,7 @@ static const struct i2c_device_id *i2c_match_id(const struct i2c_device_id *id,
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_match_id);
 
 static int i2c_device_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/i2c.h b/include/linux/i2c.h
index c0a4a12815aad2bd3015bfc10c5dabed8dd24be6..7e00efd6a62faa07c512f1e0fb41fd70ad116937 100644
--- a/include/linux/i2c.h
+++ b/include/linux/i2c.h
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ struct i2c_client {
 
 extern struct i2c_client *i2c_verify_client(struct device *dev);
 extern struct i2c_adapter *i2c_verify_adapter(struct device *dev);
+extern const struct i2c_device_id *i2c_match_id(const struct i2c_device_id *id,
+					const struct i2c_client *client);
 
 static inline struct i2c_client *kobj_to_i2c_client(struct kobject *kobj)
 {