diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/adi-axi-adc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/adi-axi-adc.c
index c247ff1541d2..0f21d1d98b9f 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/adi-axi-adc.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/adi-axi-adc.c
@@ -447,3 +447,4 @@ module_platform_driver(adi_axi_adc_driver);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich@analog.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Analog Devices Generic AXI ADC IP core driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS(IIO_DMAENGINE_BUFFER);
diff --git a/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-buffer-dmaengine.c b/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-buffer-dmaengine.c
index 45fe7d0d42ee..a18c1da292af 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-buffer-dmaengine.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-buffer-dmaengine.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static const struct iio_dev_attr *iio_dmaengine_buffer_attrs[] = {
  * Once done using the buffer iio_dmaengine_buffer_free() should be used to
  * release it.
  */
-static struct iio_buffer *iio_dmaengine_buffer_alloc(struct device *dev,
+struct iio_buffer *iio_dmaengine_buffer_alloc(struct device *dev,
 	const char *channel)
 {
 	struct dmaengine_buffer *dmaengine_buffer;
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ err_free:
 	kfree(dmaengine_buffer);
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(iio_dmaengine_buffer_alloc, IIO_DMAENGINE_BUFFER);
 
 /**
  * iio_dmaengine_buffer_free() - Free dmaengine buffer
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ err_free:
  *
  * Frees a buffer previously allocated with iio_dmaengine_buffer_alloc().
  */
-static void iio_dmaengine_buffer_free(struct iio_buffer *buffer)
+void iio_dmaengine_buffer_free(struct iio_buffer *buffer)
 {
 	struct dmaengine_buffer *dmaengine_buffer =
 		iio_buffer_to_dmaengine_buffer(buffer);
@@ -227,6 +228,7 @@ static void iio_dmaengine_buffer_free(struct iio_buffer *buffer)
 
 	iio_buffer_put(buffer);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(iio_dmaengine_buffer_free, IIO_DMAENGINE_BUFFER);
 
 static void __devm_iio_dmaengine_buffer_free(void *buffer)
 {
@@ -287,7 +289,7 @@ int devm_iio_dmaengine_buffer_setup(struct device *dev,
 
 	return iio_device_attach_buffer(indio_dev, buffer);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_iio_dmaengine_buffer_setup);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(devm_iio_dmaengine_buffer_setup, IIO_DMAENGINE_BUFFER);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("DMA buffer for the IIO framework");
diff --git a/include/linux/iio/buffer-dmaengine.h b/include/linux/iio/buffer-dmaengine.h
index 5c355be89814..cbb8ba957fad 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/buffer-dmaengine.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/buffer-dmaengine.h
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 struct iio_dev;
 struct device;
 
+struct iio_buffer *iio_dmaengine_buffer_alloc(struct device *dev,
+					      const char *channel);
+void iio_dmaengine_buffer_free(struct iio_buffer *buffer);
 int devm_iio_dmaengine_buffer_setup(struct device *dev,
 				    struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 				    const char *channel);