diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/Utils/Utils.h b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/Utils/Utils.h
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/Utils/Utils.h
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Linalg/Utils/Utils.h
@@ -208,6 +208,11 @@
   SmallVector<DistributionMethod, 0> distributionMethod = {};
 };
 
+/// Update the `lb`, `ub` and `step` to get per processor `lb`, `ub` and `step`.
+void updateBoundsForCyclicDistribution(OpBuilder &builder, Location loc,
+                                       Value procId, Value nprocs, Value &lb,
+                                       Value &ub, Value &step);
+
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // Generic op region utilities
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Utils/Utils.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Utils/Utils.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Utils/Utils.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Utils/Utils.cpp
@@ -241,10 +241,9 @@
 }
 
 /// Update the `lb`, `ub` and `step` to get per processor `lb`, `ub` and `step`.
-static void updateBoundsForCyclicDistribution(OpBuilder &builder, Location loc,
-                                              Value procId, Value nprocs,
-                                              Value &lb, Value &ub,
-                                              Value &step) {
+void updateBoundsForCyclicDistribution(OpBuilder &builder, Location loc,
+                                       Value procId, Value nprocs, Value &lb,
+                                       Value &ub, Value &step) {
   using edsc::op::operator+;
   using edsc::op::operator*;
   lb = lb + (procId * step);