diff --git a/input/drivers/dinput.c b/input/drivers/dinput.c
index e63501aae8..84e67509a2 100644
--- a/input/drivers/dinput.c
+++ b/input/drivers/dinput.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ void dinput_destroy_context(void)
    g_dinput_ctx = NULL;
 }
 
-static bool dinput_init_context(void)
+bool dinput_init_context(void)
 {
    if (g_dinput_ctx)
       return true;
diff --git a/input/drivers_joypad/dinput_joypad.c b/input/drivers_joypad/dinput_joypad.c
index de103c43c8..7163330c5e 100644
--- a/input/drivers_joypad/dinput_joypad.c
+++ b/input/drivers_joypad/dinput_joypad.c
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ static const GUID common_xinput_guids[] = {
 
 /* forward declarations */
 void dinput_destroy_context(void);
+bool dinput_init_context(void);
+
 bool g_xinput_block_pads;
 int g_xinput_pad_indexes[MAX_USERS];
 LPDIRECTINPUT8 g_dinput_ctx;