diff --git a/pkg/config/provider.go b/pkg/config/provider.go
index 9ae89ecb..1bb66c42 100644
--- a/pkg/config/provider.go
+++ b/pkg/config/provider.go
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ func NewProvider(schema []byte, prefix string, modulePath string, metadata []byt
 		p.Resources[name].useTerraformPluginFrameworkClient = isPluginFrameworkResource
 		// traverse the Terraform resource schema to initialize the upjet Resource
 		// configurations
-		if err := traverseSchemas(name, terraformResource, p.Resources[name], p.schemaTraversers...); err != nil {
+		if err := TraverseSchemas(name, terraformResource, p.Resources[name], p.schemaTraversers...); err != nil {
 			panic(errors.Wrap(err, "failed to execute the Terraform schema traverser chain"))
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/config/schema_conversions.go b/pkg/config/schema_conversions.go
index 3258a409..47aa94af 100644
--- a/pkg/config/schema_conversions.go
+++ b/pkg/config/schema_conversions.go
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ type ResourceSetter interface {
 	SetResource(r *Resource)
 }
 
-func traverseSchemas(tfName string, tfResource *schema.Resource, r *Resource, visitors ...traverser.SchemaTraverser) error {
+// TraverseSchemas visits the specified schema belonging to the Terraform
+// resource with the given name and given upjet resource configuration using
+// the specified visitors. If any visitors report an error, traversal is
+// stopped and the error is reported to the caller.
+func TraverseSchemas(tfName string, tfResource *schema.Resource, r *Resource, visitors ...traverser.SchemaTraverser) error {
 	// set the upjet Resource configuration as context for the visitors that
 	// satisfy the ResourceSetter interface.
 	for _, v := range visitors {
diff --git a/pkg/config/schema_conversions_test.go b/pkg/config/schema_conversions_test.go
index 1cd93c43..698ca2c9 100644
--- a/pkg/config/schema_conversions_test.go
+++ b/pkg/config/schema_conversions_test.go
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func TestSingletonListEmbedder(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(n, func(t *testing.T) {
 			e := &SingletonListEmbedder{}
 			r := DefaultResource(tt.args.name, tt.args.resource, nil, nil)
-			err := traverseSchemas(tt.args.name, tt.args.resource, r, e)
+			err := TraverseSchemas(tt.args.name, tt.args.resource, r, e)
 			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.want.err, err, test.EquateErrors()); diff != "" {
 				t.Fatalf("\n%s\ntraverseSchemas(name, schema, ...): -wantErr, +gotErr:\n%s", tt.reason, diff)
 			}