diff --git a/include/migration/qemu-file.h b/include/migration/qemu-file.h
index 70ff347f2e..401676bf4d 100644
--- a/include/migration/qemu-file.h
+++ b/include/migration/qemu-file.h
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ void qemu_put_byte(QEMUFile *f, int v);
  */
 void qemu_put_buffer_async(QEMUFile *f, const uint8_t *buf, int size);
 bool qemu_file_mode_is_not_valid(const char *mode);
+bool qemu_file_is_writable(QEMUFile *f);
 
 QEMUSizedBuffer *qsb_create(const uint8_t *buffer, size_t len);
 QEMUSizedBuffer *qsb_clone(const QEMUSizedBuffer *);
diff --git a/qemu-file.c b/qemu-file.c
index a5bbe7ebb0..c303b61373 100644
--- a/qemu-file.c
+++ b/qemu-file.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ void qemu_file_set_error(QEMUFile *f, int ret)
     }
 }
 
-static inline bool qemu_file_is_writable(QEMUFile *f)
+bool qemu_file_is_writable(QEMUFile *f)
 {
     return f->ops->writev_buffer || f->ops->put_buffer;
 }