diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
index 4ebbb9e99286..3b181b22cd46 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ int __node_distance(int a, int b)
 
 	return distance;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__node_distance);
 
 static void initialize_distance_lookup_table(int nid,
 		const __be32 *associativity)