diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index 3dbec8954c867..8d00c2638bed8 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -2389,6 +2389,7 @@ const char *ata_get_cmd_descript(u8 command)
 
 	return NULL;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ata_get_cmd_descript);
 
 /**
  *	ata_eh_link_report - report error handling to user