diff --git a/kernel/compat.c b/kernel/compat.c
index cebb4c2..3bae374 100644
--- a/kernel/compat.c
+++ b/kernel/compat.c
@@ -475,8 +475,8 @@
 	return min_length;
 }
 
-static int get_compat_itimerspec(struct itimerspec *dst, 
-				 struct compat_itimerspec __user *src)
+int get_compat_itimerspec(struct itimerspec *dst,
+			  const struct compat_itimerspec __user *src)
 { 
 	if (get_compat_timespec(&dst->it_interval, &src->it_interval) ||
 	    get_compat_timespec(&dst->it_value, &src->it_value))
@@ -484,8 +484,8 @@
 	return 0;
 } 
 
-static int put_compat_itimerspec(struct compat_itimerspec __user *dst, 
-				 struct itimerspec *src)
+int put_compat_itimerspec(struct compat_itimerspec __user *dst,
+			  const struct itimerspec *src)
 { 
 	if (put_compat_timespec(&src->it_interval, &dst->it_interval) ||
 	    put_compat_timespec(&src->it_value, &dst->it_value))