diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
index 6be3ca28b9..f959b74218 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
@@ -2812,7 +2812,7 @@ qemuMonitorQueryRxFilter(qemuMonitorPtr mon, const char *alias,
 }
 
 
-static void
+void
 qemuMonitorChardevInfoFree(void *data,
                            const void *name ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
index a07e43b899..76380a05bf 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
@@ -649,6 +649,7 @@ struct _qemuMonitorChardevInfo {
     char *ptyPath;
     virDomainChrDeviceState state;
 };
+void qemuMonitorChardevInfoFree(void *data, const void *name);
 int qemuMonitorGetChardevInfo(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                               virHashTablePtr *retinfo);