diff --git a/include/net/dst.h b/include/net/dst.h
index ae13370e8484528a8501b0dbf4a8091ff5dd7e95..002500e631f5a96787f035ade4a6c255aad74713 100644
--- a/include/net/dst.h
+++ b/include/net/dst.h
@@ -163,15 +163,7 @@ struct dst_entry * dst_clone(struct dst_entry * dst)
 	return dst;
 }
 
-static inline
-void dst_release(struct dst_entry * dst)
-{
-	if (dst) {
-		WARN_ON(atomic_read(&dst->__refcnt) < 1);
-		smp_mb__before_atomic_dec();
-		atomic_dec(&dst->__refcnt);
-	}
-}
+extern void dst_release(struct dst_entry *dst);
 
 /* Children define the path of the packet through the
  * Linux networking.  Thus, destinations are stackable.
diff --git a/net/core/dst.c b/net/core/dst.c
index 694cd2a3f6d2411fadae740293f1545e452e35c4..fe03266130b62f4950bac5ef4786755e88617a54 100644
--- a/net/core/dst.c
+++ b/net/core/dst.c
@@ -259,6 +259,16 @@ struct dst_entry *dst_destroy(struct dst_entry * dst)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+void dst_release(struct dst_entry *dst)
+{
+	if (dst) {
+		WARN_ON(atomic_read(&dst->__refcnt) < 1);
+		smp_mb__before_atomic_dec();
+		atomic_dec(&dst->__refcnt);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dst_release);
+
 /* Dirty hack. We did it in 2.2 (in __dst_free),
  * we have _very_ good reasons not to repeat
  * this mistake in 2.3, but we have no choice