diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/operations/repair_shards.c b/src/backend/distributed/operations/repair_shards.c
index 5f3379ba2..bd83093cd 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/operations/repair_shards.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/operations/repair_shards.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 #include "utils/palloc.h"
 
 /* local function forward declarations */
-static char LookupShardTransferMode(Oid shardReplicationModeOid);
 static void ErrorIfTableCannotBeReplicated(Oid relationId);
 static void RepairShardPlacement(int64 shardId, const char *sourceNodeName,
 								 int32 sourceNodePort, const char *targetNodeName,
@@ -226,7 +225,7 @@ ErrorIfTableCannotBeReplicated(Oid relationId)
  * LookupShardTransferMode maps the oids of citus.shard_transfer_mode enum
  * values to a char.
  */
-static char
+char
 LookupShardTransferMode(Oid shardReplicationModeOid)
 {
 	char shardReplicationMode = 0;
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/coordinator_protocol.h b/src/include/distributed/coordinator_protocol.h
index ce774acc3..50743a60f 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/coordinator_protocol.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/coordinator_protocol.h
@@ -176,5 +176,6 @@ extern ShardPlacement * SearchShardPlacementInList(List *shardPlacementList,
 extern ShardPlacement * SearchShardPlacementInListOrError(List *shardPlacementList,
 														  const char *nodeName,
 														  uint32 nodePort);
+extern char LookupShardTransferMode(Oid shardReplicationModeOid);
 
 #endif   /* COORDINATOR_PROTOCOL_H */