diff --git a/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx.h b/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx.h
index ec204d3b4b1f2d3b811888b49124c38bea054933..ac4cbbb0b3fbed0b6f9197a34f1088f961b37bde 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx.h
+++ b/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx.h
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ int st_lsm6dsx_probe(struct device *dev, int irq, int hw_id, const char *name,
 int st_lsm6dsx_sensor_enable(struct st_lsm6dsx_sensor *sensor);
 int st_lsm6dsx_sensor_disable(struct st_lsm6dsx_sensor *sensor);
 int st_lsm6dsx_fifo_setup(struct st_lsm6dsx_hw *hw);
+int st_lsm6dsx_set_watermark(struct iio_dev *iio_dev, unsigned int val);
 int st_lsm6dsx_update_watermark(struct st_lsm6dsx_sensor *sensor,
 				u16 watermark);
 int st_lsm6dsx_flush_fifo(struct st_lsm6dsx_hw *hw);
diff --git a/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_core.c b/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_core.c
index 961ce9d65d82a0403b528245e5cd73f8525ab6b8..d703fcd8706a9b41007fa751ef846f775433df98 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_core.c
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ static int st_lsm6dsx_write_raw(struct iio_dev *iio_dev,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int st_lsm6dsx_set_watermark(struct iio_dev *iio_dev, unsigned int val)
+int st_lsm6dsx_set_watermark(struct iio_dev *iio_dev, unsigned int val)
 {
 	struct st_lsm6dsx_sensor *sensor = iio_priv(iio_dev);
 	struct st_lsm6dsx_hw *hw = sensor->hw;