diff --git a/include/net/geneve.h b/include/net/geneve.h
index 14fb8d3390b4807ac2ed890efef079e0ca39ef54..2a0543a1899dd580e324bc7bbacc127b9cc791db 100644
--- a/include/net/geneve.h
+++ b/include/net/geneve.h
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ struct genevehdr {
 	struct geneve_opt options[];
 };
 
+static inline struct genevehdr *geneve_hdr(const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	return (struct genevehdr *)(udp_hdr(skb) + 1);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_INET
 struct geneve_sock;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/geneve.c b/net/ipv4/geneve.c
index 8e6a7fe27a4cc7ede70ebd4c78c62be99fc86b7b..001843d4113509cb118dba06c2afcacd2120ffab 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/geneve.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/geneve.c
@@ -60,11 +60,6 @@ struct geneve_net {
 
 static int geneve_net_id;
 
-static inline struct genevehdr *geneve_hdr(const struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	return (struct genevehdr *)(udp_hdr(skb) + 1);
-}
-
 static struct geneve_sock *geneve_find_sock(struct net *net,
 					    sa_family_t family, __be16 port)
 {
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport-geneve.c b/net/openvswitch/vport-geneve.c
index bf02fd5808c964eaefd12a2012f2f15500927c99..208c576bd1b683d909f1d9c2e2c09de610057f55 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport-geneve.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport-geneve.c
@@ -46,11 +46,6 @@ static inline struct geneve_port *geneve_vport(const struct vport *vport)
 	return vport_priv(vport);
 }
 
-static inline struct genevehdr *geneve_hdr(const struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	return (struct genevehdr *)(udp_hdr(skb) + 1);
-}
-
 /* Convert 64 bit tunnel ID to 24 bit VNI. */
 static void tunnel_id_to_vni(__be64 tun_id, __u8 *vni)
 {