diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_nat.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_nat.h
index 0425e28c6a78e813fd3f9635c51b6a2f9bbc9927..0541eed5008f9be78f09c9e314fd5987905f9999 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_nat.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_nat.h
@@ -95,8 +95,6 @@ static inline struct nf_conn_nat *nfct_nat(const struct nf_conn *ct)
 	return nf_ct_ext_find(ct, NF_CT_EXT_NAT);
 }
 
-extern int nf_nat_module_is_loaded;
-
 #else  /* !__KERNEL__: iptables wants this to compile. */
 #define nf_nat_multi_range nf_nat_multi_range_compat
 #endif /*__KERNEL__*/
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c
index 96f641d07a40808b031a12fd8d70741fa9dc6655..7411dd16d77933cc363802e8b14bf764c1669f61 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c
@@ -103,9 +103,6 @@ ipv4_prepare(struct sk_buff **pskb, unsigned int hooknum, unsigned int *dataoff,
 	return NF_ACCEPT;
 }
 
-int nf_nat_module_is_loaded = 0;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_nat_module_is_loaded);
-
 static u_int32_t ipv4_get_features(const struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple)
 {
 	return NF_CT_F_BASIC;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_standalone.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_standalone.c
index 51a2708f7bf06d5677b38fd6a632c3791cace81f..30eeaa4c645c3d9d23bcce575d4c824d36bebb0f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_standalone.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_standalone.c
@@ -350,7 +350,6 @@ static int __init nf_nat_standalone_init(void)
 		printk("nf_nat_init: can't register hooks.\n");
 		goto cleanup_rule_init;
 	}
-	nf_nat_module_is_loaded = 1;
 	return ret;
 
  cleanup_rule_init:
@@ -367,7 +366,6 @@ static void __exit nf_nat_standalone_fini(void)
 {
 	nf_unregister_hooks(nf_nat_ops, ARRAY_SIZE(nf_nat_ops));
 	nf_nat_rule_cleanup();
-	nf_nat_module_is_loaded = 0;
 #ifdef CONFIG_XFRM
 	ip_nat_decode_session = NULL;
 	synchronize_net();