diff --git a/drivers/extcon/extcon.c b/drivers/extcon/extcon.c
index 9d603b66818c..0b542d9eed20 100644
--- a/drivers/extcon/extcon.c
+++ b/drivers/extcon/extcon.c
@@ -1475,6 +1475,7 @@ const char *extcon_get_edev_name(struct extcon_dev *edev)
 {
 	return !edev ? NULL : edev->name;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(extcon_get_edev_name);
 
 static int __init extcon_class_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/extcon.h b/include/linux/extcon.h
index 1445b7bd36f4..8afcb2b758da 100644
--- a/include/linux/extcon.h
+++ b/include/linux/extcon.h
@@ -309,6 +309,12 @@ static inline struct extcon_dev *extcon_get_extcon_dev(const char *extcon_name)
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 }
 
+static inline const char *extcon_get_edev_name(struct extcon_dev *edev)
+{
+  return NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPU(extcon_get_edev_name);
+
 static inline struct extcon_dev *extcon_find_edev_by_node(struct device_node *node)
 {
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);