diff --git a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
index 3573b4bf2fdf68e6625b14a0b3c623b57485c508..562a175c35a9a9af40268d81c15013d1d6500d4a 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ extern void rtnl_lock(void);
 extern void rtnl_unlock(void);
 extern int rtnl_trylock(void);
 extern int rtnl_is_locked(void);
+extern int rtnl_lock_killable(void);
 
 extern wait_queue_head_t netdev_unregistering_wq;
 extern struct rw_semaphore net_sem;
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 67f375cfb9829806bb8beb86f15acfa3e76b8c4d..87079eaa871bb9c9de477246bd67f5aa40c2f87a 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ void rtnl_lock(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_lock);
 
+int rtnl_lock_killable(void)
+{
+	return mutex_lock_killable(&rtnl_mutex);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_lock_killable);
+
 static struct sk_buff *defer_kfree_skb_list;
 void rtnl_kfree_skbs(struct sk_buff *head, struct sk_buff *tail)
 {