diff --git a/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c b/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c
index 525c7345fa0b904242a0ef10a5d9502ab5e4baf1..ad0459c4c1cfe6f5339b36bf13eba849d171cc7b 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.c
@@ -610,10 +610,11 @@ static u32 bit_func(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 
 /* -----exported algorithm data: -------------------------------------	*/
 
-static const struct i2c_algorithm i2c_bit_algo = {
+const struct i2c_algorithm i2c_bit_algo = {
 	.master_xfer	= bit_xfer,
 	.functionality	= bit_func,
 };
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2c_bit_algo);
 
 /*
  * registering functions to load algorithms at runtime
diff --git a/include/linux/i2c-algo-bit.h b/include/linux/i2c-algo-bit.h
index 4f98148c11c31971ef210d30ba8a83617c98ac11..584ffa0f328247be11729c5b6576e99eca002a31 100644
--- a/include/linux/i2c-algo-bit.h
+++ b/include/linux/i2c-algo-bit.h
@@ -49,5 +49,6 @@ struct i2c_algo_bit_data {
 
 int i2c_bit_add_bus(struct i2c_adapter *);
 int i2c_bit_add_numbered_bus(struct i2c_adapter *);
+extern const struct i2c_algorithm i2c_bit_algo;
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_I2C_ALGO_BIT_H */