diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h
index 37cd3911d5c59e97fe6328a2852ea17040f4dbc3..4023c4ce260f0ed55ad30907667e2e135ddfde24 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ extern unsigned int nf_conntrack_hash_rnd;
 void init_nf_conntrack_hash_rnd(void);
 
 struct nf_conn *nf_ct_tmpl_alloc(struct net *net, u16 zone, gfp_t flags);
+void nf_ct_tmpl_free(struct nf_conn *tmpl);
 
 #define NF_CT_STAT_INC(net, count)	  __this_cpu_inc((net)->ct.stat->count)
 #define NF_CT_STAT_INC_ATOMIC(net, count) this_cpu_inc((net)->ct.stat->count)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index 3c20d02aee738c5293a5b449f28ebff596c7232d..0625a42df108849a9fb2deaaf92037e93a24eb9a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -320,12 +320,13 @@ struct nf_conn *nf_ct_tmpl_alloc(struct net *net, u16 zone, gfp_t flags)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_tmpl_alloc);
 
-static void nf_ct_tmpl_free(struct nf_conn *tmpl)
+void nf_ct_tmpl_free(struct nf_conn *tmpl)
 {
 	nf_ct_ext_destroy(tmpl);
 	nf_ct_ext_free(tmpl);
 	kfree(tmpl);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_tmpl_free);
 
 static void
 destroy_conntrack(struct nf_conntrack *nfct)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c
index d7f1685279034b5e3b62748284d24c52cc1f8907..d6ee8f8b19b63aaf30a2a2c9cf8a2a327063e58e 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static int __net_init synproxy_net_init(struct net *net)
 err3:
 	free_percpu(snet->stats);
 err2:
-	nf_conntrack_free(ct);
+	nf_ct_tmpl_free(ct);
 err1:
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_CT.c b/net/netfilter/xt_CT.c
index 43ddeee404e91f97908fb9228c1e873931b75bcc..f3377ce1ff18e8f454ec30af9b5c4be010fd198a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_CT.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_CT.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static int xt_ct_tg_check(const struct xt_tgchk_param *par,
 	return 0;
 
 err3:
-	nf_conntrack_free(ct);
+	nf_ct_tmpl_free(ct);
 err2:
 	nf_ct_l3proto_module_put(par->family);
 err1: