diff --git a/kernel/time.c b/kernel/time.c
index a0502aef43ce..bbc8ca194b59 100644
--- a/kernel/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time.c
@@ -619,6 +619,8 @@ mktime(const unsigned int year0, const unsigned int mon0,
 	)*60 + sec; /* finally seconds */
 }
 
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mktime);
+
 /**
  * set_normalized_timespec - set timespec sec and nsec parts and normalize
  *