diff --git a/lib/cmdline.c b/lib/cmdline.c
index 5d474c626e24..5546bf588780 100644
--- a/lib/cmdline.c
+++ b/lib/cmdline.c
@@ -272,3 +272,4 @@ char *next_arg(char *args, char **param, char **val)
 	/* Chew up trailing spaces. */
 	return skip_spaces(args);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(next_arg);