diff --git a/arch/m32r/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/m32r/boot/compressed/misc.c
index 3147aa248b931..28a09529f2069 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/m32r/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static unsigned long free_mem_ptr;
 static unsigned long free_mem_end_ptr;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KERNEL_BZIP2
-static void *memset(void *s, int c, size_t n)
+void *memset(void *s, int c, size_t n)
 {
 	char *ss = s;