diff --git a/include/linux/page_owner.h b/include/linux/page_owner.h
index 0340fb2e2fbd..4efb4aefcfae 100644
--- a/include/linux/page_owner.h
+++ b/include/linux/page_owner.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <linux/jump_label.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PAGE_OWNER
+extern bool page_owner_enabled;
 extern struct static_key_false page_owner_inited;
 extern struct page_ext_operations page_owner_ops;
 
diff --git a/mm/page_owner.c b/mm/page_owner.c
index 3bf9b2f71208..9501940a3ccd 100644
--- a/mm/page_owner.c
+++ b/mm/page_owner.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ struct page_owner {
 	pid_t pid;
 };
 
-static bool page_owner_enabled = false;
+bool page_owner_enabled;
 DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(page_owner_inited);
 
 static depot_stack_handle_t dummy_handle;