diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_descrip.c b/sys/kern/kern_descrip.c
index 3a89053d870..4d09eea37d5 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_descrip.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_descrip.c
@@ -3409,7 +3409,7 @@ xlate_fflags(int fflags)
 }
 
 /* Trim unused data from kf_path by truncating the structure size. */
-static void
+void
 pack_kinfo(struct kinfo_file *kif)
 {
 
diff --git a/sys/sys/user.h b/sys/sys/user.h
index db98abb5aef..75661257528 100644
--- a/sys/sys/user.h
+++ b/sys/sys/user.h
@@ -608,6 +608,7 @@ int	kern_proc_vmmap_out(struct proc *p, struct sbuf *sb, ssize_t maxlen,
 	int flags);
 
 int	vntype_to_kinfo(int vtype);
+void	pack_kinfo(struct kinfo_file *kif);
 #endif /* !_KERNEL */
 
 #endif