diff --git a/include/net/mpls.h b/include/net/mpls.h
index 5b3b5addfb080a37baf43ec7bde328f3c579b869..3ebbc0bb57ff3955ed8af20134c957eec4b9b801 100644
--- a/include/net/mpls.h
+++ b/include/net/mpls.h
@@ -19,12 +19,21 @@
 
 #define MPLS_HLEN 4
 
+struct mpls_shim_hdr {
+	__be32 label_stack_entry;
+};
+
 static inline bool eth_p_mpls(__be16 eth_type)
 {
 	return eth_type == htons(ETH_P_MPLS_UC) ||
 		eth_type == htons(ETH_P_MPLS_MC);
 }
 
+static inline struct mpls_shim_hdr *mpls_hdr(const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	return (struct mpls_shim_hdr *)skb_network_header(skb);
+}
+
 /*
  * For non-MPLS skbs this will correspond to the network header.
  * For MPLS skbs it will be before the network_header as the MPLS
diff --git a/net/mpls/internal.h b/net/mpls/internal.h
index 732a5c17e9862940aee1f032fb98b48abefdc80a..bdfef6c3271a5a0e39fbbd03b9464a9fe1bdb3f0 100644
--- a/net/mpls/internal.h
+++ b/net/mpls/internal.h
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef MPLS_INTERNAL_H
 #define MPLS_INTERNAL_H
-
-struct mpls_shim_hdr {
-	__be32 label_stack_entry;
-};
+#include <net/mpls.h>
 
 struct mpls_entry_decoded {
 	u32 label;
@@ -93,11 +90,6 @@ struct mpls_route { /* next hop label forwarding entry */
 
 #define endfor_nexthops(rt) }
 
-static inline struct mpls_shim_hdr *mpls_hdr(const struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	return (struct mpls_shim_hdr *)skb_network_header(skb);
-}
-
 static inline struct mpls_shim_hdr mpls_entry_encode(u32 label, unsigned ttl, unsigned tc, bool bos)
 {
 	struct mpls_shim_hdr result;