diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h
index b140c8f1be22d2e9943d7d98ae9e7db3c076f20b..56c365dc6dc791c4edb19e85cd451fa6030f16f3 100644
--- a/include/net/netlink.h
+++ b/include/net/netlink.h
@@ -1735,7 +1735,7 @@ static inline void nla_nest_cancel(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlattr *start)
 }
 
 /**
- * nla_validate_nested - Validate a stream of nested attributes
+ * __nla_validate_nested - Validate a stream of nested attributes
  * @start: container attribute
  * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
  * @policy: validation policy
@@ -1758,9 +1758,9 @@ static inline int __nla_validate_nested(const struct nlattr *start, int maxtype,
 }
 
 static inline int
-nl80211_validate_nested(const struct nlattr *start, int maxtype,
-			const struct nla_policy *policy,
-			struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+nla_validate_nested(const struct nlattr *start, int maxtype,
+		    const struct nla_policy *policy,
+		    struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	return __nla_validate_nested(start, maxtype, policy,
 				     NL_VALIDATE_STRICT, extack);
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index da5262b2298bda73837facb23781a3dfb8f26ca3..fa3526592c51bda6da1a3a06778d59e5cf024161 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -12900,8 +12900,7 @@ static int nl80211_vendor_check_policy(const struct wiphy_vendor_command *vcmd,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	return nl80211_validate_nested(attr, vcmd->maxattr, vcmd->policy,
-				       extack);
+	return nla_validate_nested(attr, vcmd->maxattr, vcmd->policy, extack);
 }
 
 static int nl80211_vendor_cmd(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)