diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index de7b6cfe3ce1..b209ad0456dc 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f09f71b24e77a2f2b4e5c98311c8804fc61ad8bc
+refs/heads/master: e9ca9eb9d7fc7bf3dc3cec5ba7edb089c4625f7b
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/trunk/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index d6cc58abf3ff..e45bb2838f42 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static struct device_attribute i2c_dev_attrs[] = {
 	{ },
 };
 
-static struct bus_type i2c_bus_type = {
+struct bus_type i2c_bus_type = {
 	.name		= "i2c",
 	.dev_attrs	= i2c_dev_attrs,
 	.match		= i2c_device_match,
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ static struct bus_type i2c_bus_type = {
 	.suspend	= i2c_device_suspend,
 	.resume		= i2c_device_resume,
 };
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_bus_type);
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/i2c.h b/trunk/include/linux/i2c.h
index 839d0ea3dca3..50cbab4b62b0 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/i2c.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/i2c.h
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>	/* for completion */
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 
+extern struct bus_type i2c_bus_type;
+
 /* --- General options ------------------------------------------------	*/
 
 struct i2c_msg;