diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/core_priv.h b/drivers/infiniband/core/core_priv.h
index cb7d372e4bdf877206d8da9141d46a590395bcd9..d92ab4eaa8f311a44bc3854107d9b7f352c0bca7 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/core_priv.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/core_priv.h
@@ -169,6 +169,16 @@ void ib_mad_cleanup(void);
 int ib_sa_init(void);
 void ib_sa_cleanup(void);
 
+int ibnl_init(void);
+void ibnl_cleanup(void);
+
+/**
+ * Check if there are any listeners to the netlink group
+ * @group: the netlink group ID
+ * Returns 0 on success or a negative for no listeners.
+ */
+int ibnl_chk_listeners(unsigned int group);
+
 int ib_nl_handle_resolve_resp(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			      struct netlink_callback *cb);
 int ib_nl_handle_set_timeout(struct sk_buff *skb,
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c
index b784055423c8346b80e00f98d58f6499e7adc8ef..94931c474d41db72b606f654cb0d334087600ee5 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
 #include <rdma/rdma_netlink.h>
+#include "core_priv.h"
 
 struct ibnl_client {
 	struct list_head		list;
@@ -55,7 +56,6 @@ int ibnl_chk_listeners(unsigned int group)
 		return -1;
 	return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ibnl_chk_listeners);
 
 int ibnl_add_client(int index, int nops,
 		    const struct ibnl_client_cbs cb_table[])
diff --git a/include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h b/include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h
index 5852661443290d52eb8a3e719716452d752b6eaa..348c102cb5f6afdbe9f90a7c788431bac0219226 100644
--- a/include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h
+++ b/include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ struct ibnl_client_cbs {
 	struct module *module;
 };
 
-int ibnl_init(void);
-void ibnl_cleanup(void);
-
 /**
  * Add a a client to the list of IB netlink exporters.
  * @index: Index of the added client
@@ -77,11 +74,4 @@ int ibnl_unicast(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 int ibnl_multicast(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 			unsigned int group, gfp_t flags);
 
-/**
- * Check if there are any listeners to the netlink group
- * @group: the netlink group ID
- * Returns 0 on success or a negative for no listeners.
- */
-int ibnl_chk_listeners(unsigned int group);
-
 #endif /* _RDMA_NETLINK_H */