diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192su/ieee80211.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8192su/ieee80211.h
index 0edb09a536f999bfefe40ef4b40c98329804e90d..ea9739318037e847f21dc955785d3fbb29529ec0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192su/ieee80211.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192su/ieee80211.h
@@ -2645,7 +2645,7 @@ extern int ieee80211_encrypt_fragment(
 	struct sk_buff *frag,
 	int hdr_len);
 
-extern int ieee80211_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
+extern int rtl8192_ieee80211_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			  struct net_device *dev);
 extern void ieee80211_txb_free(struct ieee80211_txb *);
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192su/ieee80211/ieee80211.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8192su/ieee80211/ieee80211.h
index 720bfcbfadc1dbdd805c2ffed373b986910d6fce..5e3a2cbed2b1324dbd883c7457780e34c824bf1c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192su/ieee80211/ieee80211.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192su/ieee80211/ieee80211.h
@@ -2645,7 +2645,7 @@ extern int ieee80211_encrypt_fragment(
 	struct sk_buff *frag,
 	int hdr_len);
 
-extern int ieee80211_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
+extern int rtl8192_ieee80211_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			  struct net_device *dev);
 extern void ieee80211_txb_free(struct ieee80211_txb *);
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192su/ieee80211/ieee80211_tx.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192su/ieee80211/ieee80211_tx.c
index 7294572b990f7fecf9c0f43df3f50a2f6528bcdd..cba12b84be5c1dab2c767f0fa4ff496a9ed41478 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192su/ieee80211/ieee80211_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192su/ieee80211/ieee80211_tx.c
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ void ieee80211_query_seqnum(struct ieee80211_device*ieee, struct sk_buff* skb, u
 	}
 }
 
-int ieee80211_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
+int rtl8192_ieee80211_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
 #if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,5,0))
 	struct ieee80211_device *ieee = netdev_priv(dev);
@@ -943,5 +943,6 @@ int ieee80211_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	return 1;
 
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtl8192_ieee80211_xmit);
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_txb_free);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192su/r8192U_core.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192su/r8192U_core.c
index 4ab250743e81984c0dbcf9282bffc23ee7248984..70f81a8f12913b7e2ccda789331f2343fc28eda5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192su/r8192U_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192su/r8192U_core.c
@@ -12142,7 +12142,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops rtl8192_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_set_mac_address	= r8192_set_mac_adr,
 	.ndo_validate_addr	= eth_validate_addr,
 	.ndo_change_mtu		= eth_change_mtu,
-	.ndo_start_xmit		= ieee80211_xmit,
+	.ndo_start_xmit		= rtl8192_ieee80211_xmit,
 };
 
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE > KERNEL_VERSION(2,5,0)