diff --git a/board/ge/bx50v3/bx50v3.c b/board/ge/bx50v3/bx50v3.c
index c6b0af8c77..8a38ac5d4e 100644
--- a/board/ge/bx50v3/bx50v3.c
+++ b/board/ge/bx50v3/bx50v3.c
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ static void set_confidx(const struct vpd_cache* vpd)
 
 int board_init(void)
 {
-	if (!read_vpd(&vpd, vpd_callback)) {
+	if (!read_i2c_vpd(&vpd, vpd_callback)) {
 		int ret, rescan;
 
 		vpd.is_read = true;
diff --git a/board/ge/common/vpd_reader.c b/board/ge/common/vpd_reader.c
index d42b00da2f..421fee5922 100644
--- a/board/ge/common/vpd_reader.c
+++ b/board/ge/common/vpd_reader.c
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ static const size_t HEADER_BLOCK_ECC_LEN = 4;
 
 static const u8 ECC_BLOCK_ID = 0xFF;
 
-static int vpd_reader(size_t size, u8 *data, struct vpd_cache *userdata,
-		      int (*fn)(struct vpd_cache *, u8 id, u8 version, u8 type,
-				size_t size, u8 const *data))
+int vpd_reader(size_t size, u8 *data, struct vpd_cache *userdata,
+	       int (*fn)(struct vpd_cache *, u8 id, u8 version, u8 type,
+			 size_t size, u8 const *data))
 {
 	if (size < HEADER_BLOCK_LEN || !data || !fn)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -200,9 +200,9 @@ static int vpd_reader(size_t size, u8 *data, struct vpd_cache *userdata,
 	}
 }
 
-int read_vpd(struct vpd_cache *cache,
-	     int (*process_block)(struct vpd_cache *, u8 id, u8 version,
-				  u8 type, size_t size, u8 const *data))
+int read_i2c_vpd(struct vpd_cache *cache,
+		 int (*process_block)(struct vpd_cache *, u8 id, u8 version,
+				      u8 type, size_t size, u8 const *data))
 {
 	struct udevice *dev;
 	int ret;
diff --git a/board/ge/common/vpd_reader.h b/board/ge/common/vpd_reader.h
index 3045b7e21e..0c51dc57e9 100644
--- a/board/ge/common/vpd_reader.h
+++ b/board/ge/common/vpd_reader.h
@@ -16,7 +16,22 @@ struct vpd_cache;
  *
  * Returns Non-zero on error.  Negative numbers encode errno.
  */
-int read_vpd(struct vpd_cache *cache,
-	     int (*process_block)(struct vpd_cache *,
-				  u8 id, u8 version, u8 type,
-				  size_t size, u8 const *data));
+int read_i2c_vpd(struct vpd_cache *cache,
+		 int (*process_block)(struct vpd_cache *, u8 id, u8 version,
+				      u8 type, size_t size, u8 const *data));
+
+/*
+ * Read VPD from given data, verify content, call callback for each vital
+ * product data block.
+ *
+ * size: size of the raw VPD data in bytes
+ * data: raw VPD data read from device
+ * cache: structure used by process block to store VPD information
+ * process_block: callback called for each VPD data block
+ *
+ * Returns Non-zero on error.  Negative numbers encode errno.
+ */
+
+int vpd_reader(size_t size, u8 *data, struct vpd_cache *cache,
+	       int (*process_block)(struct vpd_cache *, u8 id, u8 version, u8 type,
+				    size_t size, u8 const *data));
diff --git a/board/ge/mx53ppd/mx53ppd.c b/board/ge/mx53ppd/mx53ppd.c
index 2e9d389850..ef689733c4 100644
--- a/board/ge/mx53ppd/mx53ppd.c
+++ b/board/ge/mx53ppd/mx53ppd.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ int board_late_init(void)
 	struct vpd_cache vpd;
 
 	memset(&vpd, 0, sizeof(vpd));
-	res = read_vpd(&vpd, vpd_callback);
+	res = read_i2c_vpd(&vpd, vpd_callback);
 	if (!res)
 		process_vpd(&vpd);
 	else