diff --git a/include/linux/ethtool.h b/include/linux/ethtool.h
index 9f6f323af59a28f7306a26812f8c1b1c13d779e5..069100b252bdd2c067a6381a88a8869045141d62 100644
--- a/include/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -244,6 +244,12 @@ bool ethtool_convert_link_mode_to_legacy_u32(u32 *legacy_u32,
 
 #define ETHTOOL_STAT_NOT_SET	(~0ULL)
 
+static inline void ethtool_stats_init(u64 *stats, unsigned int n)
+{
+	while (n--)
+		stats[n] = ETHTOOL_STAT_NOT_SET;
+}
+
 /**
  * struct ethtool_pause_stats - statistics for IEEE 802.3x pause frames
  * @tx_pause_frames: transmitted pause frame count. Reported to user space
diff --git a/net/ethtool/pause.c b/net/ethtool/pause.c
index 09998dc5c185fc890c2ca705c6febc503a97a16f..f1967c121278f9258fac17063f21027d0dac6c95 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/pause.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/pause.c
@@ -21,12 +21,6 @@ const struct nla_policy ethnl_pause_get_policy[] = {
 		NLA_POLICY_NESTED(ethnl_header_policy_stats),
 };
 
-static void ethtool_stats_init(u64 *stats, unsigned int n)
-{
-	while (n--)
-		stats[n] = ETHTOOL_STAT_NOT_SET;
-}
-
 static int pause_prepare_data(const struct ethnl_req_info *req_base,
 			      struct ethnl_reply_data *reply_base,
 			      struct genl_info *info)