diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci.c b/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci.c
index cdf810693..e5cbc55b4 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci.c
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ pci_update_device(const struct rte_pci_addr *addr)
 	char filename[PATH_MAX];
 
 	snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "%s/" PCI_PRI_FMT,
-		 pci_get_sysfs_path(), addr->domain, addr->bus, addr->devid,
+		 rte_pci_get_sysfs_path(), addr->domain, addr->bus, addr->devid,
 		 addr->function);
 
 	return pci_scan_one(filename, addr);
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ rte_pci_scan(void)
 		RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "VFIO PCI modules not loaded\n");
 #endif
 
-	dir = opendir(pci_get_sysfs_path());
+	dir = opendir(rte_pci_get_sysfs_path());
 	if (dir == NULL) {
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s(): opendir failed: %s\n",
 			__func__, strerror(errno));
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ rte_pci_scan(void)
 			continue;
 
 		snprintf(dirname, sizeof(dirname), "%s/%s",
-				pci_get_sysfs_path(), e->d_name);
+				rte_pci_get_sysfs_path(), e->d_name);
 
 		if (pci_scan_one(dirname, &addr) < 0)
 			goto error;
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci_uio.c b/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci_uio.c
index 8cf6218fb..92b7f0275 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci_uio.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci_uio.c
@@ -164,14 +164,14 @@ pci_get_uio_dev(struct rte_pci_device *dev, char *dstbuf,
 	 * or uio:uioX */
 
 	snprintf(dirname, sizeof(dirname),
-			"%s/" PCI_PRI_FMT "/uio", pci_get_sysfs_path(),
+			"%s/" PCI_PRI_FMT "/uio", rte_pci_get_sysfs_path(),
 			loc->domain, loc->bus, loc->devid, loc->function);
 
 	dir = opendir(dirname);
 	if (dir == NULL) {
 		/* retry with the parent directory */
 		snprintf(dirname, sizeof(dirname),
-				"%s/" PCI_PRI_FMT, pci_get_sysfs_path(),
+				"%s/" PCI_PRI_FMT, rte_pci_get_sysfs_path(),
 				loc->domain, loc->bus, loc->devid, loc->function);
 		dir = opendir(dirname);
 
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ pci_uio_map_resource_by_index(struct rte_pci_device *dev, int res_idx,
 	/* update devname for mmap  */
 	snprintf(devname, sizeof(devname),
 			"%s/" PCI_PRI_FMT "/resource%d",
-			pci_get_sysfs_path(),
+			rte_pci_get_sysfs_path(),
 			loc->domain, loc->bus, loc->devid,
 			loc->function, res_idx);
 
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ pci_uio_ioport_map(struct rte_pci_device *dev, int bar,
 
 	/* open and read addresses of the corresponding resource in sysfs */
 	snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "%s/" PCI_PRI_FMT "/resource",
-		pci_get_sysfs_path(), dev->addr.domain, dev->addr.bus,
+		rte_pci_get_sysfs_path(), dev->addr.domain, dev->addr.bus,
 		dev->addr.devid, dev->addr.function);
 	f = fopen(filename, "r");
 	if (f == NULL) {
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ pci_uio_ioport_map(struct rte_pci_device *dev, int bar,
 		goto error;
 	}
 	snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "%s/" PCI_PRI_FMT "/resource%d",
-		pci_get_sysfs_path(), dev->addr.domain, dev->addr.bus,
+		rte_pci_get_sysfs_path(), dev->addr.domain, dev->addr.bus,
 		dev->addr.devid, dev->addr.function, bar);
 
 	/* mmap the pci resource */
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci_vfio.c b/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci_vfio.c
index 3ca35b6db..4b015b1ae 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci_vfio.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci_vfio.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ pci_vfio_map_resource_primary(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 	snprintf(pci_addr, sizeof(pci_addr), PCI_PRI_FMT,
 			loc->domain, loc->bus, loc->devid, loc->function);
 
-	ret = vfio_setup_device(pci_get_sysfs_path(), pci_addr,
+	ret = vfio_setup_device(rte_pci_get_sysfs_path(), pci_addr,
 					&vfio_dev_fd, &device_info);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ pci_vfio_map_resource_secondary(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 	snprintf(pci_addr, sizeof(pci_addr), PCI_PRI_FMT,
 			loc->domain, loc->bus, loc->devid, loc->function);
 
-	ret = vfio_setup_device(pci_get_sysfs_path(), pci_addr,
+	ret = vfio_setup_device(rte_pci_get_sysfs_path(), pci_addr,
 					&vfio_dev_fd, &device_info);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ pci_vfio_unmap_resource(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	ret = vfio_release_device(pci_get_sysfs_path(), pci_addr,
+	ret = vfio_release_device(rte_pci_get_sysfs_path(), pci_addr,
 				  dev->intr_handle.vfio_dev_fd);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL,
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common.c b/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common.c
index 012420a9c..8b6a8bd88 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ extern struct rte_pci_bus rte_pci_bus;
 
 #define SYSFS_PCI_DEVICES "/sys/bus/pci/devices"
 
-const char *pci_get_sysfs_path(void)
+const char *rte_pci_get_sysfs_path(void)
 {
 	const char *path = NULL;
 
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/rte_bus_pci.h b/drivers/bus/pci/rte_bus_pci.h
index c0b619f29..d4a299641 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/rte_bus_pci.h
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/rte_bus_pci.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <rte_pci.h>
 
 /** Pathname of PCI devices directory. */
-const char *pci_get_sysfs_path(void);
+const char *rte_pci_get_sysfs_path(void);
 
 /* Forward declarations */
 struct rte_pci_device;
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/rte_bus_pci_version.map b/drivers/bus/pci/rte_bus_pci_version.map
index ee67033b0..27e9c4f10 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/rte_bus_pci_version.map
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/rte_bus_pci_version.map
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ DPDK_17.11 {
 	global:
 
 	rte_pci_dump;
+	rte_pci_get_sysfs_path;
 	rte_pci_ioport_map;
 	rte_pci_ioport_read;
 	rte_pci_ioport_unmap;
diff --git a/drivers/net/szedata2/rte_eth_szedata2.c b/drivers/net/szedata2/rte_eth_szedata2.c
index c5486b72d..403cfdbb3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/szedata2/rte_eth_szedata2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/szedata2/rte_eth_szedata2.c
@@ -1540,7 +1540,7 @@ rte_szedata2_eth_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	snprintf(rsc_filename, PATH_MAX,
-		"%s/" PCI_PRI_FMT "/resource%u", pci_get_sysfs_path(),
+		"%s/" PCI_PRI_FMT "/resource%u", rte_pci_get_sysfs_path(),
 		pci_addr->domain, pci_addr->bus,
 		pci_addr->devid, pci_addr->function, PCI_RESOURCE_NUMBER);
 	fd = open(rsc_filename, O_RDWR);
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map b/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map
index b4d7cd93c..885892188 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ DPDK_16.04 {
 DPDK_16.07 {
 	global:
 
-	pci_get_sysfs_path;
 	rte_keepalive_mark_sleep;
 	rte_keepalive_register_relay_callback;
 	rte_rtm_supported;
