diff --git a/include/linux/slub_def.h b/include/linux/slub_def.h
index b8646e3af5e5..d8fde5d0cdf7 100644
--- a/include/linux/slub_def.h
+++ b/include/linux/slub_def.h
@@ -224,4 +224,7 @@ static inline void *virt_to_obj(struct kmem_cache *s,
 	return (void *)x - ((x - slab_page) % s->size);
 }
 
+void object_err(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
+		u8 *object, char *reason);
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_SLUB_DEF_H */
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 28a8aa19d049..b0288a8a521b 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ static void slab_panic(const char *cause)
 static inline void slab_panic(const char *cause) {}
 #endif
 
-static void object_err(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
+void object_err(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
 			u8 *object, char *reason)
 {
 	slab_bug(s, "%s", reason);