diff --git a/src/console/uart8250mem_console.c b/src/console/uart8250mem_console.c
index 923df99df1..ed77237e41 100644
--- a/src/console/uart8250mem_console.c
+++ b/src/console/uart8250mem_console.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 static u32 uart_bar = 0;
 
-static void uartmem_init(void)
+void uartmem_init(void)
 {
 	uart_bar = uart_mem_init();
 }
diff --git a/src/include/uart8250.h b/src/include/uart8250.h
index 71b9a5f310..8457530012 100644
--- a/src/include/uart8250.h
+++ b/src/include/uart8250.h
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ void uart8250_tx_flush(unsigned base_port);
  */
 void uart8250_init(unsigned base_port, unsigned divisor);
 void uart_init(void);
+void uartmem_init(void);
 
 /* and the same for memory mapped uarts */
 unsigned char uart8250_mem_rx_byte(unsigned base_port);