diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.c
index 8f93121fead4..9e9d08ee8387 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sun4i_tcon_enable_vblank);
  * are located in TCON0. This helper returns a pointer to TCON0's
  * sun4i_tcon structure, or NULL if not found.
  */
-static struct sun4i_tcon *sun4i_get_tcon0(struct drm_device *drm)
+struct sun4i_tcon *sun4i_get_tcon0(struct drm_device *drm)
 {
 	struct sun4i_drv *drv = drm->dev_private;
 	struct sun4i_tcon *tcon;
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ static struct sun4i_tcon *sun4i_get_tcon0(struct drm_device *drm)
 
 	return NULL;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sun4i_get_tcon0);
 
 static void sun4i_tcon_set_mux(struct sun4i_tcon *tcon, int channel,
 			       const struct drm_encoder *encoder)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.h
index 84cfb1952ff7..88e971d5f937 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_tcon.h
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ struct sun4i_tcon {
 struct drm_bridge *sun4i_tcon_find_bridge(struct device_node *node);
 struct drm_panel *sun4i_tcon_find_panel(struct device_node *node);
 
+struct sun4i_tcon *sun4i_get_tcon0(struct drm_device *drm);
 void sun4i_tcon_enable_vblank(struct sun4i_tcon *tcon, bool enable);
 void sun4i_tcon_mode_set(struct sun4i_tcon *tcon,
 			 const struct drm_encoder *encoder,