diff --git a/block/block-backend.c b/block/block-backend.c
index 8171270b59..968438c149 100644
--- a/block/block-backend.c
+++ b/block/block-backend.c
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ void blk_unref(BlockBackend *blk)
  * Behaves similarly to blk_next() but iterates over all BlockBackends, even the
  * ones which are hidden (i.e. are not referenced by the monitor).
  */
-static BlockBackend *blk_all_next(BlockBackend *blk)
+BlockBackend *blk_all_next(BlockBackend *blk)
 {
     return blk ? QTAILQ_NEXT(blk, link)
                : QTAILQ_FIRST(&block_backends);
diff --git a/include/sysemu/block-backend.h b/include/sysemu/block-backend.h
index fe47799a9d..4a3730596b 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/block-backend.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/block-backend.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ void blk_remove_all_bs(void);
 const char *blk_name(const BlockBackend *blk);
 BlockBackend *blk_by_name(const char *name);
 BlockBackend *blk_next(BlockBackend *blk);
+BlockBackend *blk_all_next(BlockBackend *blk);
 bool monitor_add_blk(BlockBackend *blk, const char *name, Error **errp);
 void monitor_remove_blk(BlockBackend *blk);