diff --git a/hw/xwayland/xwayland-window-buffers.c b/hw/xwayland/xwayland-window-buffers.c
index 2e8b0859c..0b9861fbb 100644
--- a/hw/xwayland/xwayland-window-buffers.c
+++ b/hw/xwayland/xwayland-window-buffers.c
@@ -238,6 +238,12 @@ xwl_window_buffer_release_callback(void *data)
                  xwl_window);
 }
 
+void
+xwl_window_buffer_release(struct xwl_window_buffer *xwl_window_buffer)
+{
+    xwl_window_buffer_release_callback(xwl_window_buffer);
+}
+
 #ifdef XWL_HAS_GLAMOR
 static void
 xwl_window_buffers_release_fence_avail(int fd, int xevents, void *data)
diff --git a/hw/xwayland/xwayland-window-buffers.h b/hw/xwayland/xwayland-window-buffers.h
index c43712a13..ee26d3244 100644
--- a/hw/xwayland/xwayland-window-buffers.h
+++ b/hw/xwayland/xwayland-window-buffers.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "xwayland-types.h"
 
 void xwl_window_buffer_add_damage_region(struct xwl_window *xwl_window);
+void xwl_window_buffer_release(struct xwl_window_buffer *xwl_window_buffer);
 void xwl_window_buffers_init(struct xwl_window *xwl_window);
 void xwl_window_buffers_dispose(struct xwl_window *xwl_window);
 void xwl_window_realloc_pixmap(struct xwl_window *xwl_window);