diff --git a/drivers/acpi/osl.c b/drivers/acpi/osl.c
index 222f7b1..bc1604b 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/osl.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/osl.c
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@
 
 /* Check for resource conflicts between ACPI OperationRegions and native
  * drivers */
-static int acpi_check_resource_conflict(struct resource *res)
+int acpi_check_resource_conflict(struct resource *res)
 {
 	struct acpi_res_list *res_list_elem;
 	int ioport;
@@ -1207,6 +1207,7 @@
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_check_resource_conflict);
 
 int acpi_check_region(resource_size_t start, resource_size_t n,
 		      const char *name)
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index 893f90a..a031df8 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_ACPI_H
 #define _LINUX_ACPI_H
 
+#include <linux/ioport.h>	/* for struct resource */
 
 #ifdef	CONFIG_ACPI
 
@@ -217,6 +218,8 @@
 #define PXM_INVAL	(-1)
 #define NID_INVAL	(-1)
 
+int acpi_check_resource_conflict(struct resource *res);
+
 int acpi_check_region(resource_size_t start, resource_size_t n,
 		      const char *name);
 int acpi_check_mem_region(resource_size_t start, resource_size_t n,
@@ -234,6 +237,11 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int acpi_check_resource_conflict(struct resource *res)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline int acpi_check_region(resource_size_t start, resource_size_t n,
 				    const char *name)
 {