diff --git a/hw/pci/pcie_aer.c b/hw/pci/pcie_aer.c
index 8043020444..e2d4e68ba3 100644
--- a/hw/pci/pcie_aer.c
+++ b/hw/pci/pcie_aer.c
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ static void pcie_aer_msg_root_port(PCIDevice *dev, const PCIEAERMsg *msg)
  *
  * Walk up the bus tree from the device, propagate the error message.
  */
-static void pcie_aer_msg(PCIDevice *dev, const PCIEAERMsg *msg)
+void pcie_aer_msg(PCIDevice *dev, const PCIEAERMsg *msg)
 {
     uint8_t type;
 
diff --git a/include/hw/pci/pcie_aer.h b/include/hw/pci/pcie_aer.h
index 156acb080a..c2ee4e2bdb 100644
--- a/include/hw/pci/pcie_aer.h
+++ b/include/hw/pci/pcie_aer.h
@@ -102,5 +102,6 @@ void pcie_aer_root_write_config(PCIDevice *dev,
 
 /* error injection */
 int pcie_aer_inject_error(PCIDevice *dev, const PCIEAERErr *err);
+void pcie_aer_msg(PCIDevice *dev, const PCIEAERMsg *msg);
 
 #endif /* QEMU_PCIE_AER_H */