diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 763d70a18941..06b849eee0ca 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -1039,6 +1039,7 @@ void *kobj_ns_grab_current(enum kobj_ns_type type)
 
 	return ns;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobj_ns_grab_current);
 
 const void *kobj_ns_netlink(enum kobj_ns_type type, struct sock *sk)
 {
@@ -1074,3 +1075,4 @@ void kobj_ns_drop(enum kobj_ns_type type, void *ns)
 		kobj_ns_ops_tbl[type]->drop_ns(ns);
 	spin_unlock(&kobj_ns_type_lock);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobj_ns_drop);