diff --git a/module/nvpair/nvpair_alloc_fixed.c b/module/nvpair/nvpair_alloc_fixed.c
index 33e3c0d007..20081ba56c 100644
--- a/module/nvpair/nvpair_alloc_fixed.c
+++ b/module/nvpair/nvpair_alloc_fixed.c
@@ -118,3 +118,7 @@ const nv_alloc_ops_t nv_fixed_ops_def = {
 };
 
 const nv_alloc_ops_t *nv_fixed_ops = &nv_fixed_ops_def;
+
+#if defined(_KERNEL) && defined(HAVE_SPL)
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(nv_fixed_ops);
+#endif