diff --git a/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h b/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
index 2feb218c001d..6b66cd1aa0b9 100644
--- a/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
+++ b/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
@@ -192,6 +192,9 @@ struct bpf_verifier_env {
 	u32 subprog_cnt;
 };
 
+__printf(2, 3) void bpf_verifier_log_write(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
+					   const char *fmt, ...);
+
 static inline struct bpf_reg_state *cur_regs(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
 {
 	struct bpf_verifier_state *cur = env->cur_state;
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index d921ab387b0b..3b2b47666180 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -169,11 +169,11 @@ struct bpf_call_arg_meta {
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(bpf_verifier_lock);
 
 /* log_level controls verbosity level of eBPF verifier.
- * verbose() is used to dump the verification trace to the log, so the user
- * can figure out what's wrong with the program
+ * bpf_verifier_log_write() is used to dump the verification trace to the log,
+ * so the user can figure out what's wrong with the program
  */
-static __printf(2, 3) void verbose(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
-				   const char *fmt, ...)
+__printf(2, 3) void bpf_verifier_log_write(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
+					   const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	struct bpf_verifer_log *log = &env->log;
 	unsigned int n;
@@ -197,6 +197,14 @@ static __printf(2, 3) void verbose(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 	else
 		log->ubuf = NULL;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bpf_verifier_log_write);
+/* Historically bpf_verifier_log_write was called verbose, but the name was too
+ * generic for symbol export. The function was renamed, but not the calls in
+ * the verifier to avoid complicating backports. Hence the alias below.
+ */
+static __printf(2, 3) void verbose(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
+				   const char *fmt, ...)
+	__attribute__((alias("bpf_verifier_log_write")));
 
 static bool type_is_pkt_pointer(enum bpf_reg_type type)
 {