diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c
index e731b1d2ea..fc5f408f77 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ bool vhost_svq_valid_features(uint64_t features, Error **errp)
  *
  * @svq: The svq
  */
-static uint16_t vhost_svq_available_slots(const VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq)
+uint16_t vhost_svq_available_slots(const VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq)
 {
     return svq->num_free;
 }
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.h b/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.h
index 5bce67837b..19c842a15b 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.h
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.h
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ typedef struct VhostShadowVirtqueue {
 
 bool vhost_svq_valid_features(uint64_t features, Error **errp);
 
+uint16_t vhost_svq_available_slots(const VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq);
 void vhost_svq_push_elem(VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq,
                          const VirtQueueElement *elem, uint32_t len);
 int vhost_svq_add(VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq, const struct iovec *out_sg,