diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 06287c110241f47ffa4a546abdf17616a0fd7e83..29b579fb5196c3830d086a28661657af53c1d032 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -2629,6 +2629,7 @@ int dev_get_phys_port_id(struct net_device *dev,
 int dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 			struct netdev_queue *txq);
 int dev_forward_skb(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb);
+bool is_skb_forwardable(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb);
 
 extern int		netdev_budget;
 
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index cf92139b229c965b0dd29c85ba0d60b941ee7b3f..a923eed976ae077490308286bec11e537dc1c052 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1640,8 +1640,7 @@ static inline void net_timestamp_set(struct sk_buff *skb)
 			__net_timestamp(SKB);		\
 	}						\
 
-static inline bool is_skb_forwardable(struct net_device *dev,
-				      struct sk_buff *skb)
+bool is_skb_forwardable(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	unsigned int len;
 
@@ -1660,6 +1659,7 @@ static inline bool is_skb_forwardable(struct net_device *dev,
 
 	return false;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(is_skb_forwardable);
 
 /**
  * dev_forward_skb - loopback an skb to another netif