diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index d6494257df..3f2adaa500 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -4786,7 +4786,7 @@ virDomainDriveAddressIsUsedByHostdev(const virDomainDef *def,
  * Return true if the SCSI drive address is already in use, false
  * otherwise.
  */
-static bool
+bool
 virDomainSCSIDriveAddressIsUsed(const virDomainDef *def,
                                 const virDomainDeviceDriveAddress *addr)
 {
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index fb053a7ca3..01c22d8cc3 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -2741,6 +2741,10 @@ virDomainXMLNamespacePtr
 virDomainXMLOptionGetNamespace(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
 
+bool
+virDomainSCSIDriveAddressIsUsed(const virDomainDef *def,
+                                const virDomainDeviceDriveAddress *addr);
+
 int virDomainDefPostParse(virDomainDefPtr def,
                           virCapsPtr caps,
                           unsigned int parseFlags,
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index aa123978fa..a03cf0b645 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -539,6 +539,7 @@ virDomainRunningReasonTypeToString;
 virDomainSaveConfig;
 virDomainSaveStatus;
 virDomainSaveXML;
+virDomainSCSIDriveAddressIsUsed;
 virDomainSeclabelTypeFromString;
 virDomainSeclabelTypeToString;
 virDomainShmemDefEquals;