diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h
index 4ec45b3abba1..d7f3b3b78ac3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 #define _ASM_X86_SWITCH_TO_H
 
 struct task_struct; /* one of the stranger aspects of C forward declarations */
-struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct task_struct *prev,
-				struct task_struct *next);
+__visible struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct task_struct *prev,
+					   struct task_struct *next);
 struct tss_struct;
 void __switch_to_xtra(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p,
 		      struct tss_struct *tss);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
index f8adefca71dc..884f98f69354 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(start_thread);
  * the task-switch, and shows up in ret_from_fork in entry.S,
  * for example.
  */
-__notrace_funcgraph struct task_struct *
+__visible __notrace_funcgraph struct task_struct *
 __switch_to(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p)
 {
 	struct thread_struct *prev = &prev_p->thread,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index 05646bab4ca6..6e8c1d02ab4b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ void start_thread_ia32(struct pt_regs *regs, u32 new_ip, u32 new_sp)
  * Kprobes not supported here. Set the probe on schedule instead.
  * Function graph tracer not supported too.
  */
-__notrace_funcgraph struct task_struct *
+__visible __notrace_funcgraph struct task_struct *
 __switch_to(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p)
 {
 	struct thread_struct *prev = &prev_p->thread;