diff --git a/include/zephyr/llext/llext.h b/include/zephyr/llext/llext.h
index d5366e0dc2d..6ca06648fb5 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/llext/llext.h
+++ b/include/zephyr/llext/llext.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct llext_loader;
  */
 struct llext {
 	/** @cond ignore */
-	sys_snode_t _llext_list;
+	sys_snode_t llext_list;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_USERSPACE
 	struct k_mem_partition mem_parts[LLEXT_MEM_PARTITIONS];
diff --git a/subsys/llext/llext.c b/subsys/llext/llext.c
index 83148025b77..2f490e7fdf7 100644
--- a/subsys/llext/llext.c
+++ b/subsys/llext/llext.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ LOG_MODULE_REGISTER(llext, CONFIG_LLEXT_LOG_LEVEL);
 
 #include "llext_priv.h"
 
-static sys_slist_t _llext_list = SYS_SLIST_STATIC_INIT(&_llext_list);
+static sys_slist_t llext_list = SYS_SLIST_STATIC_INIT(&llext_list);
 
 static struct k_mutex llext_lock = Z_MUTEX_INITIALIZER(llext_lock);
 
@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ struct llext *llext_by_name(const char *name)
 {
 	k_mutex_lock(&llext_lock, K_FOREVER);
 
-	for (sys_snode_t *node = sys_slist_peek_head(&_llext_list);
+	for (sys_snode_t *node = sys_slist_peek_head(&llext_list);
 	     node != NULL;
 	     node = sys_slist_peek_next(node)) {
-		struct llext *ext = CONTAINER_OF(node, struct llext, _llext_list);
+		struct llext *ext = CONTAINER_OF(node, struct llext, llext_list);
 
 		if (strncmp(ext->name, name, LLEXT_MAX_NAME_LEN) == 0) {
 			k_mutex_unlock(&llext_lock);
@@ -112,10 +112,10 @@ int llext_iterate(int (*fn)(struct llext *ext, void *arg), void *arg)
 
 	k_mutex_lock(&llext_lock, K_FOREVER);
 
-	for (node = sys_slist_peek_head(&_llext_list);
+	for (node = sys_slist_peek_head(&llext_list);
 	     node;
 	     node = sys_slist_peek_next(node)) {
-		struct llext *ext = CONTAINER_OF(node, struct llext, _llext_list);
+		struct llext *ext = CONTAINER_OF(node, struct llext, llext_list);
 
 		ret = fn(ext, arg);
 		if (ret) {
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ int llext_load(struct llext_loader *ldr, const char *name, struct llext **ext,
 	(*ext)->name[LLEXT_MAX_NAME_LEN] = '\0';
 	(*ext)->use_count++;
 
-	sys_slist_append(&_llext_list, &(*ext)->_llext_list);
+	sys_slist_append(&llext_list, &(*ext)->llext_list);
 	LOG_INF("Loaded extension %s", (*ext)->name);
 
 out:
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ int llext_unload(struct llext **ext)
 	}
 
 	/* FIXME: protect the global list */
-	sys_slist_find_and_remove(&_llext_list, &tmp->_llext_list);
+	sys_slist_find_and_remove(&llext_list, &tmp->llext_list);
 
 	llext_dependency_remove_all(tmp);