diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index cd46d3d63aa08018f780d3ea8b07631785fc5eea..4c77f39ebd65e60d2b7491065771566aadc12ce5 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -3331,6 +3331,7 @@ int dev_get_alias(const struct net_device *, char *, size_t);
 int dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *, struct net *, const char *);
 int __dev_set_mtu(struct net_device *, int);
 int dev_set_mtu(struct net_device *, int);
+int dev_change_tx_queue_len(struct net_device *, unsigned long);
 void dev_set_group(struct net_device *, int);
 int dev_set_mac_address(struct net_device *, struct sockaddr *);
 int dev_change_carrier(struct net_device *, bool new_carrier);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 858501b12869e9633fee187ef2ab83301233a4fc..520c24671bc53e3d13abdd463606a7e15ca177d3 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -7047,6 +7047,34 @@ int dev_set_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_set_mtu);
 
+/**
+ *	dev_change_tx_queue_len - Change TX queue length of a netdevice
+ *	@dev: device
+ *	@new_len: new tx queue length
+ */
+int dev_change_tx_queue_len(struct net_device *dev, unsigned long new_len)
+{
+	unsigned int orig_len = dev->tx_queue_len;
+	int res;
+
+	if (new_len != (unsigned int)new_len)
+		return -ERANGE;
+
+	if (new_len != orig_len) {
+		dev->tx_queue_len = new_len;
+		res = call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_CHANGE_TX_QUEUE_LEN, dev);
+		res = notifier_to_errno(res);
+		if (res) {
+			netdev_err(dev,
+				   "refused to change device tx_queue_len\n");
+			dev->tx_queue_len = orig_len;
+			return res;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  *	dev_set_group - Change group this device belongs to
  *	@dev: device
diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index c4a28f4667b691bb98a7ff5e3c6622380727725f..60a5ad2c33ee33a3daf3e951389cb16c7f465867 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -346,29 +346,6 @@ static ssize_t flags_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 }
 NETDEVICE_SHOW_RW(flags, fmt_hex);
 
-static int change_tx_queue_len(struct net_device *dev, unsigned long new_len)
-{
-	unsigned int orig_len = dev->tx_queue_len;
-	int res;
-
-	if (new_len != (unsigned int)new_len)
-		return -ERANGE;
-
-	if (new_len != orig_len) {
-		dev->tx_queue_len = new_len;
-		res = call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_CHANGE_TX_QUEUE_LEN, dev);
-		res = notifier_to_errno(res);
-		if (res) {
-			netdev_err(dev,
-				   "refused to change device tx_queue_len\n");
-			dev->tx_queue_len = orig_len;
-			return -EFAULT;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static ssize_t tx_queue_len_store(struct device *dev,
 				  struct device_attribute *attr,
 				  const char *buf, size_t len)
@@ -376,7 +353,7 @@ static ssize_t tx_queue_len_store(struct device *dev,
 	if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	return netdev_store(dev, attr, buf, len, change_tx_queue_len);
+	return netdev_store(dev, attr, buf, len, dev_change_tx_queue_len);
 }
 NETDEVICE_SHOW_RW(tx_queue_len, fmt_dec);
 
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index e04af7b7f448b8bdc0792545c0a7519d77e3f504..061e27cb6c121249c18d763c0856305e8f32c435 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2337,19 +2337,11 @@ static int do_setlink(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	if (tb[IFLA_TXQLEN]) {
 		unsigned int value = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_TXQLEN]);
-		unsigned int orig_len = dev->tx_queue_len;
-
-		if (dev->tx_queue_len ^ value) {
-			dev->tx_queue_len = value;
-			err = call_netdevice_notifiers(
-			      NETDEV_CHANGE_TX_QUEUE_LEN, dev);
-			err = notifier_to_errno(err);
-			if (err) {
-				dev->tx_queue_len = orig_len;
-				goto errout;
-			}
-			status |= DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED;
-		}
+
+		err = dev_change_tx_queue_len(dev, value);
+		if (err)
+			goto errout;
+		status |= DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED;
 	}
 
 	if (tb[IFLA_GSO_MAX_SIZE]) {