diff --git a/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c b/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c
index 1cc6d2d31264..9fa2a4c9dee8 100644
--- a/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c
+++ b/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ linkat(struct thread *td, struct linkat_args *uap)
 	    UIO_USERSPACE, (flag & AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW) ? FOLLOW : NOFOLLOW));
 }
 
-static int hardlink_check_uid = 0;
+int hardlink_check_uid = 0;
 SYSCTL_INT(_security_bsd, OID_AUTO, hardlink_check_uid, CTLFLAG_RW,
     &hardlink_check_uid, 0,
     "Unprivileged processes cannot create hard links to files owned by other "