diff --git a/contrib/win32/win32compat/misc.c b/contrib/win32/win32compat/misc.c
index ccdcd3498..179d9edc9 100644
--- a/contrib/win32/win32compat/misc.c
+++ b/contrib/win32/win32compat/misc.c
@@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@ localtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result)
 	return localtime_s(result, timep) == 0 ? result : NULL;
 }
 
-static void
+void
 freezero(void *ptr, size_t sz)
 {
 	if (ptr == NULL)