diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/cpu_x86.c b/arch/x86/cpu/cpu_x86.c
index 1aaf851..3f2ba08 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/cpu_x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/cpu_x86.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int cpu_x86_get_count(struct udevice *dev)
+int cpu_x86_get_count(struct udevice *dev)
 {
 	int node, cpu;
 	int num = 0;
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu_x86.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu_x86.h
index 19223f2..ae8f4dc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu_x86.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu_x86.h
@@ -31,6 +31,18 @@
 int cpu_x86_get_desc(struct udevice *dev, char *buf, int size);
 
 /**
+ * cpu_x86_get_count() - Get the number of cores for an x86 CPU
+ *
+ * This function is suitable to use as the get_count() method for
+ * the CPU uclass.
+ *
+ * @dev:	Device to check (UCLASS_CPU)
+ * @return:	Number of cores if successful,
+ *		-ENOENT if not "/cpus" entry is found in the device tree
+ */
+int cpu_x86_get_count(struct udevice *dev);
+
+/**
  * cpu_x86_get_vendor() - Get a vendor string for an x86 CPU
  *
  * This uses cpu_vendor_name() and is suitable to use as the get_vendor()