diff --git a/internal/ethapi/api.go b/internal/ethapi/api.go
index 7981f35ae3..447be79b4c 100644
--- a/internal/ethapi/api.go
+++ b/internal/ethapi/api.go
@@ -1486,9 +1486,9 @@ type RPCTransaction struct {
 	YParity             *hexutil.Uint64   `json:"yParity,omitempty"`
 }
 
-// newRPCTransaction returns a transaction that will serialize to the RPC
+// NewRPCTransaction returns a transaction that will serialize to the RPC
 // representation, with the given location metadata set (if available).
-func newRPCTransaction(tx *types.Transaction, blockHash common.Hash, blockNumber uint64, blockTime uint64, index uint64, baseFee *big.Int, config *params.ChainConfig) *RPCTransaction {
+func NewRPCTransaction(tx *types.Transaction, blockHash common.Hash, blockNumber uint64, blockTime uint64, index uint64, baseFee *big.Int, config *params.ChainConfig) *RPCTransaction {
 	signer := types.MakeSigner(config, new(big.Int).SetUint64(blockNumber), blockTime)
 	from, _ := types.Sender(signer, tx)
 	v, r, s := tx.RawSignatureValues()
@@ -1586,7 +1586,7 @@ func NewRPCPendingTransaction(tx *types.Transaction, current *types.Header, conf
 		blockNumber = current.Number.Uint64()
 		blockTime = current.Time
 	}
-	return newRPCTransaction(tx, common.Hash{}, blockNumber, blockTime, 0, baseFee, config)
+	return NewRPCTransaction(tx, common.Hash{}, blockNumber, blockTime, 0, baseFee, config)
 }
 
 // newRPCTransactionFromBlockIndex returns a transaction that will serialize to the RPC representation.
@@ -1595,7 +1595,7 @@ func newRPCTransactionFromBlockIndex(b *types.Block, index uint64, config *param
 	if index >= uint64(len(txs)) {
 		return nil
 	}
-	return newRPCTransaction(txs[index], b.Hash(), b.NumberU64(), b.Time(), index, b.BaseFee(), config)
+	return NewRPCTransaction(txs[index], b.Hash(), b.NumberU64(), b.Time(), index, b.BaseFee(), config)
 }
 
 // newRPCRawTransactionFromBlockIndex returns the bytes of a transaction given a block and a transaction index.
@@ -1803,7 +1803,7 @@ func (api *TransactionAPI) GetTransactionByHash(ctx context.Context, hash common
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return newRPCTransaction(tx, blockHash, blockNumber, header.Time, index, header.BaseFee, api.b.ChainConfig()), nil
+	return NewRPCTransaction(tx, blockHash, blockNumber, header.Time, index, header.BaseFee, api.b.ChainConfig()), nil
 }
 
 // GetRawTransactionByHash returns the bytes of the transaction for the given hash.
diff --git a/internal/ethapi/api_test.go b/internal/ethapi/api_test.go
index 384ca9f1cc..e81cb262f1 100644
--- a/internal/ethapi/api_test.go
+++ b/internal/ethapi/api_test.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func testTransactionMarshal(t *testing.T, tests []txData, config *params.ChainCo
 		}
 
 		// rpcTransaction
-		rpcTx := newRPCTransaction(tx, common.Hash{}, 0, 0, 0, nil, config)
+		rpcTx := NewRPCTransaction(tx, common.Hash{}, 0, 0, 0, nil, config)
 		if data, err := json.Marshal(rpcTx); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("test %d: marshalling failed; %v", i, err)
 		} else if err = tx2.UnmarshalJSON(data); err != nil {