diff --git a/drivers/block/rd.c b/drivers/block/rd.c
index f8a8b68dced013a6d88a5272934a59719b89e461..145c1fbffe0135648992806cf3166fd36fa89832 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rd.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static struct request_queue *rd_queue[CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_COUNT];
  * architecture-specific setup routine (from the stored boot sector
  * information).
  */
-static int rd_size = CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE;	/* Size of the RAM disks */
+int rd_size = CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE;		/* Size of the RAM disks */
 /*
  * It would be very desirable to have a soft-blocksize (that in the case
  * of the ramdisk driver is also the hardblocksize ;) of PAGE_SIZE because