diff --git a/src/drive/mod.rs b/src/drive/mod.rs
index 76a1c5c..ed64da5 100644
--- a/src/drive/mod.rs
+++ b/src/drive/mod.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 //! optionally unlocks/initializes via the `freemkv-unlock` dispatch
 //! (through [`crate::unlock_bridge`]), and reads sectors.
 
-pub(crate) fn extract_scsi_context(e: &Error) -> (u8, Option<crate::scsi::ScsiSense>) {
+pub fn extract_scsi_context(e: &Error) -> (u8, Option<crate::scsi::ScsiSense>) {
     match e {
         Error::ScsiError { status, sense, .. } => (*status, *sense),
         Error::DiscRead { status, sense, .. } => (status.unwrap_or(0), *sense),
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index df7a8b3..c6d5237 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ pub(crate) mod unlock_bridge;
 pub use drive::capture::{
     CapturedFeature, DriveCapture, capture_drive_data, mask_bytes, mask_string,
 };
-pub use drive::{Drive, DriveStatus, find_drive};
+pub use drive::{Drive, DriveStatus, extract_scsi_context, find_drive};
 
 // ─── Disc session (drive open + SCSI bring-up hoist) ─────────────────────────
 //