diff --git a/sys/geom/geom_slice.c b/sys/geom/geom_slice.c
index e618430cace0..97b58f5e7f2a 100644
--- a/sys/geom/geom_slice.c
+++ b/sys/geom/geom_slice.c
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 #include <geom/geom_slice.h>
 #include <machine/stdarg.h>
 
-static g_orphan_t g_slice_orphan;
 static g_access_t g_slice_access;
 static g_start_t g_slice_start;
 
@@ -484,7 +483,7 @@ g_slice_new(struct g_class *mp, u_int slices, struct g_provider *pp, struct g_co
 	return (gp);
 }
 
-static void
+void
 g_slice_orphan(struct g_consumer *cp)
 {
 
diff --git a/sys/geom/geom_slice.h b/sys/geom/geom_slice.h
index 4003c8fa0ad8..cb7fbab2de5b 100644
--- a/sys/geom/geom_slice.h
+++ b/sys/geom/geom_slice.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ struct g_slicer {
 g_dumpconf_t g_slice_dumpconf;
 int g_slice_config(struct g_geom *gp, u_int idx, int how, off_t offset, off_t length, u_int sectorsize, const char *fmt, ...);
 void g_slice_spoiled(struct g_consumer *cp);
+void g_slice_orphan(struct g_consumer *cp);
 #define G_SLICE_CONFIG_CHECK	0
 #define G_SLICE_CONFIG_SET	1
 #define G_SLICE_CONFIG_FORCE	2