diff --git a/criu/cr-restore.c b/criu/cr-restore.c
index 51f2ff395..0c7370080 100644
--- a/criu/cr-restore.c
+++ b/criu/cr-restore.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 #define arch_export_unmap		__export_unmap
 #endif
 
-static struct pstree_item *current;
+struct pstree_item *current;
 
 static int restore_task_with_children(void *);
 static int sigreturn_restore(pid_t pid, struct task_restore_args *ta, unsigned long alen, CoreEntry *core);
diff --git a/criu/include/pstree.h b/criu/include/pstree.h
index 7f5d0de2e..0185486bb 100644
--- a/criu/include/pstree.h
+++ b/criu/include/pstree.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ struct pstree_item {
 	TaskKobjIdsEntry	*ids;
 };
 
+struct pstree_item *current;
+
 struct rst_info;
 /* See alloc_pstree_item() for details */
 static inline struct rst_info *rsti(struct pstree_item *i)