diff --git a/src/gc.c b/src/gc.c
index cb2bab9acd59f..19a1899f9e2d8 100644
--- a/src/gc.c
+++ b/src/gc.c
@@ -3864,7 +3864,8 @@ void jl_gc_init(void)
     t_start = jl_hrtime();
 }
 
-void jl_gc_set_max_memory(uint64_t max_mem) {
+JL_DLLEXPORT void jl_gc_set_max_memory(uint64_t max_mem)
+{
     if (max_mem > 0
         && max_mem < (uint64_t)1 << (sizeof(memsize_t) * 8 - 1)) {
         max_total_memory = max_mem;
diff --git a/src/jl_exported_funcs.inc b/src/jl_exported_funcs.inc
index 82bdfc1f5b7eb..7699dc8cdb904 100644
--- a/src/jl_exported_funcs.inc
+++ b/src/jl_exported_funcs.inc
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@
     XX(jl_gc_set_cb_pre_gc) \
     XX(jl_gc_set_cb_root_scanner) \
     XX(jl_gc_set_cb_task_scanner) \
+    XX(jl_gc_set_max_memory) \
     XX(jl_gc_sync_total_bytes) \
     XX(jl_gc_total_hrtime) \
     XX(jl_gdblookup) \
diff --git a/src/jloptions.c b/src/jloptions.c
index f325452e19e41..812543a09399e 100644
--- a/src/jloptions.c
+++ b/src/jloptions.c
@@ -815,8 +815,6 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT void jl_parse_opts(int *argcp, char ***argvp)
                             break;
                     }
                     jl_options.heap_size_hint = (uint64_t)(value * multiplier);
-
-                    jl_gc_set_max_memory(jl_options.heap_size_hint);
                 }
             }
             if (jl_options.heap_size_hint == 0)
diff --git a/src/julia.h b/src/julia.h
index a34c1f06d0cc1..a5d3259ad0d3f 100644
--- a/src/julia.h
+++ b/src/julia.h
@@ -927,6 +927,8 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT void *jl_malloc_stack(size_t *bufsz, struct _jl_task_t *owner) JL_N
 JL_DLLEXPORT void jl_free_stack(void *stkbuf, size_t bufsz);
 JL_DLLEXPORT void jl_gc_use(jl_value_t *a);
 JL_DLLEXPORT uint64_t jl_gc_get_max_memory(void);
+// Set GC memory trigger in bytes for greedy memory collecting
+JL_DLLEXPORT void jl_gc_set_max_memory(uint64_t max_mem);
 
 JL_DLLEXPORT void jl_clear_malloc_data(void);
 
diff --git a/src/julia_internal.h b/src/julia_internal.h
index e06a834a80752..b932cc82be6ea 100644
--- a/src/julia_internal.h
+++ b/src/julia_internal.h
@@ -590,9 +590,6 @@ void jl_gc_run_all_finalizers(jl_task_t *ct);
 void jl_release_task_stack(jl_ptls_t ptls, jl_task_t *task);
 void jl_gc_add_finalizer_(jl_ptls_t ptls, void *v, void *f) JL_NOTSAFEPOINT;
 
-// Set GC memory trigger in bytes for greedy memory collecting
-void jl_gc_set_max_memory(uint64_t max_mem);
-
 JL_DLLEXPORT void jl_gc_queue_binding(jl_binding_t *bnd) JL_NOTSAFEPOINT;
 void gc_setmark_buf(jl_ptls_t ptls, void *buf, uint8_t, size_t) JL_NOTSAFEPOINT;