diff --git a/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c b/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
index c7ae83dc45e5..58b420084ea9 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
@@ -561,8 +561,8 @@ static int virtio_scsi_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
     return 0;
 }
 
-static void virtio_scsi_push_event(VirtIOSCSI *s, SCSIDevice *dev,
-                                   uint32_t event, uint32_t reason)
+void virtio_scsi_push_event(VirtIOSCSI *s, SCSIDevice *dev,
+                            uint32_t event, uint32_t reason)
 {
     VirtIOSCSICommon *vs = VIRTIO_SCSI_COMMON(s);
     VirtIOSCSIReq *req;
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-scsi.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-scsi.h
index 713df63aceae..6cd2f5764d13 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-scsi.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-scsi.h
@@ -231,5 +231,7 @@ void virtio_scsi_handle_ctrl_req(VirtIOSCSI *s, VirtIOSCSIReq *req);
 void virtio_scsi_handle_cmd_req(VirtIOSCSI *s, VirtIOSCSIReq *req);
 VirtIOSCSIReq *virtio_scsi_init_req(VirtIOSCSI *s, VirtQueue *vq);
 void virtio_scsi_free_req(VirtIOSCSIReq *req);
+void virtio_scsi_push_event(VirtIOSCSI *s, SCSIDevice *dev,
+                            uint32_t event, uint32_t reason);
 
 #endif /* _QEMU_VIRTIO_SCSI_H */