diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index f67176fbfd..696f891b47 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -9065,7 +9065,7 @@ qemuBuildChrDeviceCommandLine(virCommand *cmd,
 }
 
 
-static bool
+bool
 qemuChrIsPlatformDevice(const virDomainDef *def,
                         virDomainChrDef *chr)
 {
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.h b/src/qemu/qemu_command.h
index befc3f4ef9..fb4551a7d0 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.h
@@ -219,6 +219,11 @@ virJSONValue *qemuBuildHotpluggableCPUProps(const virDomainVcpuDef *vcpu)
 virJSONValue *qemuBuildShmemBackendMemProps(virDomainShmemDef *shmem)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
 
+bool
+qemuChrIsPlatformDevice(const virDomainDef *def,
+                        virDomainChrDef *chr)
+    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2);
+
 virJSONValue *
 qemuBuildShmemDevProps(virDomainDef *def,
                        virDomainShmemDef *shmem);