diff --git a/src/runtime2/poll/mod.rs b/src/runtime2/poll/mod.rs
index 9337ff6f957b0d4e6e92f0b79505b274be530583..75cf8e9a90c00b6f9d785db8c8ce75221c69f0a3 100644
--- a/src/runtime2/poll/mod.rs
+++ b/src/runtime2/poll/mod.rs
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ pub(crate) struct PollingClient {
 }
 
 impl PollingClient {
-    fn register<F: AsFileDescriptor>(&self, entity: F, handle: CompHandle, read: bool, write: bool) -> Result<PollTicket, RtError> {
+    pub(crate) fn register<F: AsFileDescriptor>(&self, entity: &F, handle: CompHandle, read: bool, write: bool) -> Result<PollTicket, RtError> {
         let generation = self.generation_counter.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
         let user_data = user_data_for_component(handle.id().0, generation);
         self.queue.push(PollCmd::Register(handle, user_data));
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ impl PollingClient {
         return Ok(PollTicket(file_descriptor, user_data.0));
     }
 
-    fn unregister(&self, ticket: PollTicket) -> Result<(), RtError> {
+    pub(crate) fn unregister(&self, ticket: PollTicket) -> Result<(), RtError> {
         let file_descriptor = ticket.0;
         let user_data = UserData(ticket.1);
         self.queue.push(PollCmd::Unregister(file_descriptor, user_data));