diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig
index 30197f8003be1238766dca56c6a148d64e70714e..843fe17db20d8006753ddc71712f41ff985b961d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig
@@ -221,11 +221,6 @@ config NF_NAT_PROTO_GRE
 	tristate
 	depends on NF_NAT_IPV4 && NF_CT_PROTO_GRE
 
-config NF_NAT_IRC
-	tristate
-	depends on NF_CONNTRACK && NF_NAT_IPV4
-	default NF_NAT_IPV4 && NF_CONNTRACK_IRC
-
 config NF_NAT_TFTP
 	tristate
 	depends on NF_CONNTRACK && NF_NAT_IPV4
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/Makefile b/net/ipv4/netfilter/Makefile
index 8914abffc96ddad6fb9e3bcbba73b0cc2f960396..17e649bb98baf0ff433e7fc79f551556089045ec 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/Makefile
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_NF_DEFRAG_IPV4) += nf_defrag_ipv4.o
 
 # NAT helpers (nf_conntrack)
 obj-$(CONFIG_NF_NAT_H323) += nf_nat_h323.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_NF_NAT_IRC) += nf_nat_irc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NF_NAT_PPTP) += nf_nat_pptp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NF_NAT_SNMP_BASIC) += nf_nat_snmp_basic.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NF_NAT_TFTP) += nf_nat_tftp.o
diff --git a/net/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/netfilter/Kconfig
index bf3e4649efb23e5ea5da8fa66cab8460bb5b67ec..cabe4da0e191a6993a57711ed091a10d0918ac14 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/Kconfig
+++ b/net/netfilter/Kconfig
@@ -390,6 +390,11 @@ config NF_NAT_FTP
 	depends on NF_CONNTRACK && NF_NAT
 	default NF_NAT && NF_CONNTRACK_FTP
 
+config NF_NAT_IRC
+	tristate
+	depends on NF_CONNTRACK && NF_NAT
+	default NF_NAT && NF_CONNTRACK_IRC
+
 config NF_NAT_SIP
 	tristate
 	depends on NF_CONNTRACK && NF_NAT
diff --git a/net/netfilter/Makefile b/net/netfilter/Makefile
index 7d6d1a035f3149ed70e4c0edcdbcdef4ffcf73e5..0dd792972cae53d29a914dad82485e1ba650a060 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/Makefile
+++ b/net/netfilter/Makefile
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_NF_NAT_PROTO_SCTP) += nf_nat_proto_sctp.o
 # NAT helpers
 obj-$(CONFIG_NF_NAT_AMANDA) += nf_nat_amanda.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NF_NAT_FTP) += nf_nat_ftp.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_NF_NAT_IRC) += nf_nat_irc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NF_NAT_SIP) += nf_nat_sip.o
 
 # transparent proxy support
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c
index 95d097cdb202bc3f6b94d6023e3ade8706d583a5..3b20aa77cfc8b76ef1ed78b0b85aacd926f3ce29 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c
@@ -205,8 +205,7 @@ static int help(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int protoff,
 					  IPPROTO_TCP, NULL, &port);
 
 			nf_nat_irc = rcu_dereference(nf_nat_irc_hook);
-			if (nf_nat_irc && nf_ct_l3num(ct) == NFPROTO_IPV4 &&
-			    ct->status & IPS_NAT_MASK)
+			if (nf_nat_irc && ct->status & IPS_NAT_MASK)
 				ret = nf_nat_irc(skb, ctinfo, protoff,
 						 addr_beg_p - ib_ptr,
 						 addr_end_p - addr_beg_p,
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_irc.c b/net/netfilter/nf_nat_irc.c
similarity index 92%
rename from net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_irc.c
rename to net/netfilter/nf_nat_irc.c
index 1ce37f89ec789cafe8c0792453e891e14522011b..1fedee6e7fb6974300aeac0d86c2c360a29b6394 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_irc.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_nat_irc.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ static unsigned int help(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			 struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp)
 {
 	char buffer[sizeof("4294967296 65635")];
-	u_int32_t ip;
 	u_int16_t port;
 	unsigned int ret;
 
@@ -60,11 +59,6 @@ static unsigned int help(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (port == 0)
 		return NF_DROP;
 
-	ip = ntohl(exp->master->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_REPLY].tuple.dst.u3.ip);
-	sprintf(buffer, "%u %u", ip, port);
-	pr_debug("nf_nat_irc: inserting '%s' == %pI4, port %u\n",
-		 buffer, &ip, port);
-
 	ret = nf_nat_mangle_tcp_packet(skb, exp->master, ctinfo,
 				       protoff, matchoff, matchlen, buffer,
 				       strlen(buffer));