diff --git a/include/linux/genetlink.h b/include/linux/genetlink.h
index 61549b26ad6f4dd114250ac00b170a1f734fd21b..59311adfb0e013176d26b5a71c34a347852f4ce2 100644
--- a/include/linux/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/genetlink.h
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ enum {
 /* All generic netlink requests are serialized by a global lock.  */
 extern void genl_lock(void);
 extern void genl_unlock(void);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING
+extern int lockdep_genl_is_held(void);
+#endif
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index 8a36599d35550e237b317d228b4c7839ca1e4ff7..28453ae2a97b00b85eef3b765caf64d022c13bea 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ void genl_unlock(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(genl_unlock);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING
+int lockdep_genl_is_held(void)
+{
+	return lockdep_is_held(&genl_mutex);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(lockdep_genl_is_held);
+#endif
+
 #define GENL_FAM_TAB_SIZE	16
 #define GENL_FAM_TAB_MASK	(GENL_FAM_TAB_SIZE - 1)