diff --git a/libaf/af.c b/libaf/af.c
index 0190a75f5e..47eb9fa5b0 100644
--- a/libaf/af.c
+++ b/libaf/af.c
@@ -248,10 +248,7 @@ void af_remove(af_stream_t* s, af_instance_t* af)
   free(af);
 }
 
-/* Reinitializes all filters downstream from the filter given in the
-   argument the return value is AF_OK if success and AF_ERROR if
-   failure */
-static int af_reinit(af_stream_t* s, af_instance_t* af)
+int af_reinit(af_stream_t* s, af_instance_t* af)
 {
   do{
     af_data_t in; // Format of the input to current filter
diff --git a/libaf/af.h b/libaf/af.h
index 98ae163bd1..ceca34c90d 100644
--- a/libaf/af.h
+++ b/libaf/af.h
@@ -164,6 +164,13 @@ int af_init(af_stream_t* s);
  */
 void af_uninit(af_stream_t* s);
 
+/**
+ * \brief  Reinit the filter list from the given filter on downwards
+ * \param  Filter instance to begin the reinit from
+ * \return AF_OK on success or AF_ERROR on failure
+ */
+int af_reinit(af_stream_t* s, af_instance_t* af);
+
 /**
  * \brief This function adds the filter "name" to the stream s.
  * \param name name of filter to add