diff --git a/sys/dev/joy/joy.c b/sys/dev/joy/joy.c
index c411011b09be..967e6bdbdf06 100644
--- a/sys/dev/joy/joy.c
+++ b/sys/dev/joy/joy.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static struct cdevsw joy_cdevsw = {
 	/* flags */	0,
 };
 
-static devclass_t joy_devclass;
+devclass_t joy_devclass;
 
 int
 joy_probe(device_t dev)