diff --git a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/driver.c b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/driver.c
index 10673af5a7f0..9b78e059563d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/driver.c
@@ -848,6 +848,36 @@ void i2400m_bm_buf_free(struct i2400m *i2400m)
 }
 
 
+/**
+ * i2400m_init - Initialize a 'struct i2400m' from all zeroes
+ *
+ * This is a bus-generic API call.
+ */
+void i2400m_init(struct i2400m *i2400m)
+{
+	wimax_dev_init(&i2400m->wimax_dev);
+
+	i2400m->boot_mode = 1;
+	i2400m->rx_reorder = 1;
+	init_waitqueue_head(&i2400m->state_wq);
+
+	spin_lock_init(&i2400m->tx_lock);
+	i2400m->tx_pl_min = UINT_MAX;
+	i2400m->tx_size_min = UINT_MAX;
+
+	spin_lock_init(&i2400m->rx_lock);
+	i2400m->rx_pl_min = UINT_MAX;
+	i2400m->rx_size_min = UINT_MAX;
+
+	mutex_init(&i2400m->msg_mutex);
+	init_completion(&i2400m->msg_completion);
+
+	mutex_init(&i2400m->init_mutex);
+	/* wake_tx_ws is initialized in i2400m_tx_setup() */
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2400m_init);
+
+
 /**
  * i2400m_setup - bus-generic setup function for the i2400m device
  *
diff --git a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/i2400m.h b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/i2400m.h
index f5ed7d5cee47..4f8815d88874 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/i2400m.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/i2400m.h
@@ -575,36 +575,6 @@ struct i2400m {
 };
 
 
-/*
- * Initialize a 'struct i2400m' from all zeroes
- *
- * This is a bus-generic API call.
- */
-static inline
-void i2400m_init(struct i2400m *i2400m)
-{
-	wimax_dev_init(&i2400m->wimax_dev);
-
-	i2400m->boot_mode = 1;
-	i2400m->rx_reorder = 1;
-	init_waitqueue_head(&i2400m->state_wq);
-
-	spin_lock_init(&i2400m->tx_lock);
-	i2400m->tx_pl_min = UINT_MAX;
-	i2400m->tx_size_min = UINT_MAX;
-
-	spin_lock_init(&i2400m->rx_lock);
-	i2400m->rx_pl_min = UINT_MAX;
-	i2400m->rx_size_min = UINT_MAX;
-
-	mutex_init(&i2400m->msg_mutex);
-	init_completion(&i2400m->msg_completion);
-
-	mutex_init(&i2400m->init_mutex);
-	/* wake_tx_ws is initialized in i2400m_tx_setup() */
-}
-
-
 /*
  * Bus-generic internal APIs
  * -------------------------
@@ -737,6 +707,7 @@ unsigned i2400m_brh_get_signature(const struct i2400m_bootrom_header *hdr)
 /*
  * Driver / device setup and internal functions
  */
+extern void i2400m_init(struct i2400m *);
 extern void i2400m_netdev_setup(struct net_device *net_dev);
 extern int i2400m_sysfs_setup(struct device_driver *);
 extern void i2400m_sysfs_release(struct device_driver *);