diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 66827177ae8bb0480a572e6899fbb6ac55ce1dd0..4ba256a3f5e08a9679b55f4f14e46b2d9f30a90a 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -614,18 +614,6 @@ static inline void tcp_dec_pcount_approx(__u32 *count,
 	tcp_dec_pcount_approx_int(count, tcp_skb_pcount(skb));
 }
 
-static inline void tcp_packets_out_inc(struct sock *sk,
-				       const struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
-	int orig = tp->packets_out;
-
-	tp->packets_out += tcp_skb_pcount(skb);
-	if (!orig)
-		inet_csk_reset_xmit_timer(sk, ICSK_TIME_RETRANS,
-					  inet_csk(sk)->icsk_rto, TCP_RTO_MAX);
-}
-
 /* Events passed to congestion control interface */
 enum tcp_ca_event {
 	CA_EVENT_TX_START,	/* first transmit when no packets in flight */
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 1d65ce1b68d7cde690f30ed75549ffde2b70048d..a61a3e3082aea7ade442b29c1918923f50290807 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -61,6 +61,18 @@ int sysctl_tcp_base_mss __read_mostly = 512;
 /* By default, RFC2861 behavior.  */
 int sysctl_tcp_slow_start_after_idle __read_mostly = 1;
 
+static inline void tcp_packets_out_inc(struct sock *sk,
+				       const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
+	int orig = tp->packets_out;
+
+	tp->packets_out += tcp_skb_pcount(skb);
+	if (!orig)
+		inet_csk_reset_xmit_timer(sk, ICSK_TIME_RETRANS,
+					  inet_csk(sk)->icsk_rto, TCP_RTO_MAX);
+}
+
 static void update_send_head(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);