diff --git a/drivers/mfd/Makefile b/drivers/mfd/Makefile
index ce38d643009f..02b651cd7535 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/mfd/Makefile
@@ -286,7 +286,5 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MFD_INTEL_M10_BMC_PMCI)   += intel-m10-bmc-pmci.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MFD_ATC260X)	+= atc260x-core.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MFD_ATC260X_I2C)	+= atc260x-i2c.o
 
-rsmu-i2c-objs			:= rsmu_core.o rsmu_i2c.o
-rsmu-spi-objs			:= rsmu_core.o rsmu_spi.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_MFD_RSMU_I2C)	+= rsmu-i2c.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_MFD_RSMU_SPI)	+= rsmu-spi.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_MFD_RSMU_I2C)	+= rsmu_i2c.o rsmu_core.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_MFD_RSMU_SPI)	+= rsmu_spi.o rsmu_core.o
diff --git a/drivers/mfd/rsmu_core.c b/drivers/mfd/rsmu_core.c
index 29437fd0bd5b..fd04a6e5dfa3 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/rsmu_core.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/rsmu_core.c
@@ -78,11 +78,13 @@ int rsmu_core_init(struct rsmu_ddata *rsmu)
 
 	return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rsmu_core_init);
 
 void rsmu_core_exit(struct rsmu_ddata *rsmu)
 {
 	mutex_destroy(&rsmu->lock);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rsmu_core_exit);
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Renesas SMU core driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");