diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_extdevice.c b/src/qemu/qemu_extdevice.c
index 34454891f6..d5c3e8ed71 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_extdevice.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_extdevice.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ qemuExtDeviceLogCommand(virQEMUDriver *driver,
  * stored and we can remove directories and files in case of domain XML
  * changes.
  */
-static int
+int
 qemuExtDevicesInitPaths(virQEMUDriver *driver,
                         virDomainDef *def)
 {
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_extdevice.h b/src/qemu/qemu_extdevice.h
index 86e7133a2a..d4ac9f395c 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_extdevice.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_extdevice.h
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ int qemuExtDeviceLogCommand(virQEMUDriver *driver,
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(3) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(4)
     G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
 
+int
+qemuExtDevicesInitPaths(virQEMUDriver *driver,
+                        virDomainDef *def)
+    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
+
 int qemuExtDevicesPrepareDomain(virQEMUDriver *driver,
                                 virDomainObj *vm)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2)