diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cros-ec-tunnel.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cros-ec-tunnel.c
index 05e033c981151277b62628510f31814ec46ce1ee..43be23dfb1150447bdd067969cc716cd1c1700fc 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cros-ec-tunnel.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cros-ec-tunnel.c
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static int ec_i2c_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg i2c_msgs[],
 	msg.indata = response;
 	msg.insize = response_len;
 
-	result = bus->ec->cmd_xfer(bus->ec, &msg);
+	result = cros_ec_cmd_xfer(bus->ec, &msg);
 	if (result < 0)
 		goto exit;
 
diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/cros_ec_keyb.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/cros_ec_keyb.c
index 791781ade4e71535027dd9ba707e295fa9df57da..93111d1aa617ccc1816098e65a2070439b8c1b9f 100644
--- a/drivers/input/keyboard/cros_ec_keyb.c
+++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/cros_ec_keyb.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static int cros_ec_keyb_get_state(struct cros_ec_keyb *ckdev, uint8_t *kb_state)
 		.insize = ckdev->cols,
 	};
 
-	return ckdev->ec->cmd_xfer(ckdev->ec, &msg);
+	return cros_ec_cmd_xfer(ckdev->ec, &msg);
 }
 
 static irqreturn_t cros_ec_keyb_irq(int irq, void *data)
diff --git a/drivers/mfd/cros_ec.c b/drivers/mfd/cros_ec.c
index 4873f9c504526503eaef81ba97dfd640e65e3386..a9faebdcfa14f7bb1081c2a04bd1700ee8dc3833 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/cros_ec.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/cros_ec.c
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ int cros_ec_check_result(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cros_ec_check_result);
 
+int cros_ec_cmd_xfer(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
+		     struct cros_ec_command *msg)
+{
+	return ec_dev->cmd_xfer(ec_dev, msg);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cros_ec_cmd_xfer);
+
 static const struct mfd_cell cros_devs[] = {
 	{
 		.name = "cros-ec-keyb",
diff --git a/include/linux/mfd/cros_ec.h b/include/linux/mfd/cros_ec.h
index fcbe9d129a9da60e1c47e3682ce18961b460a223..0e166b92f5b4f8b5499d37f35f5d9d7b050b5cc5 100644
--- a/include/linux/mfd/cros_ec.h
+++ b/include/linux/mfd/cros_ec.h
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@ struct cros_ec_command {
  * @dev: Device pointer
  * @was_wake_device: true if this device was set to wake the system from
  * sleep at the last suspend
- * @cmd_xfer: send command to EC and get response
- *     Returns the number of bytes received if the communication succeeded, but
- *     that doesn't mean the EC was happy with the command. The caller
- *     should check msg.result for the EC's result code.
  *
  * @priv: Private data
  * @irq: Interrupt to use
@@ -82,6 +78,10 @@ struct cros_ec_command {
  * @dout_size: size of dout buffer to allocate (zero to use static dout)
  * @parent: pointer to parent device (e.g. i2c or spi device)
  * @wake_enabled: true if this device can wake the system from sleep
+ * @cmd_xfer: send command to EC and get response
+ *     Returns the number of bytes received if the communication succeeded, but
+ *     that doesn't mean the EC was happy with the command. The caller
+ *     should check msg.result for the EC's result code.
  * @lock: one transaction at a time
  */
 struct cros_ec_device {
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ struct cros_ec_device {
 	struct device *dev;
 	bool was_wake_device;
 	struct class *cros_class;
-	int (*cmd_xfer)(struct cros_ec_device *ec,
-			struct cros_ec_command *msg);
 
 	/* These are used to implement the platform-specific interface */
 	void *priv;
@@ -104,6 +102,8 @@ struct cros_ec_device {
 	int dout_size;
 	struct device *parent;
 	bool wake_enabled;
+	int (*cmd_xfer)(struct cros_ec_device *ec,
+			struct cros_ec_command *msg);
 	struct mutex lock;
 };
 
@@ -152,6 +152,18 @@ int cros_ec_prepare_tx(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
 int cros_ec_check_result(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
 			 struct cros_ec_command *msg);
 
+/**
+ * cros_ec_cmd_xfer - Send a command to the ChromeOS EC
+ *
+ * Call this to send a command to the ChromeOS EC.  This should be used
+ * instead of calling the EC's cmd_xfer() callback directly.
+ *
+ * @ec_dev: EC device
+ * @msg: Message to write
+ */
+int cros_ec_cmd_xfer(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
+		     struct cros_ec_command *msg);
+
 /**
  * cros_ec_remove - Remove a ChromeOS EC
  *