diff --git a/include/net/addrconf.h b/include/net/addrconf.h
index 1ba4e5bf5801c06e1ed4b77c7af00729849920d9..8317c1bcd86cdeb8a7d6859e64e149b698d7b05b 100644
--- a/include/net/addrconf.h
+++ b/include/net/addrconf.h
@@ -233,20 +233,7 @@ static inline int ipv6_addr_is_ll_all_routers(const struct in6_addr *addr)
 		(addr->s6_addr32[3] ^ htonl(0x00000002))) == 0);
 }
 
-static inline int ipv6_isatap_eui64(u8 *eui, __be32 addr)
-{
-	eui[0] = (ipv4_is_zeronet(addr) || ipv4_is_private_10(addr) ||
-		  ipv4_is_loopback(addr) || ipv4_is_linklocal_169(addr) ||
-		  ipv4_is_private_172(addr) || ipv4_is_test_192(addr) ||
-		  ipv4_is_anycast_6to4(addr) || ipv4_is_private_192(addr) ||
-		  ipv4_is_test_198(addr) || ipv4_is_multicast(addr) ||
-		  ipv4_is_lbcast(addr)) ? 0x00 : 0x02;
-	eui[1] = 0;
-	eui[2] = 0x5E;
-	eui[3] = 0xFE;
-	memcpy (eui+4, &addr, 4);
-	return 0;
-}
+extern int __ipv6_isatap_ifid(u8 *eui, __be32 addr);
 
 static inline int ipv6_addr_is_isatap(const struct in6_addr *addr)
 {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index b17fafc56241c7c1e03fbeeea6eb3c7d54673b15..d15f3e095e7e8ad931aa97d973ea2f68b435d59d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -1494,6 +1494,29 @@ static int addrconf_ifid_infiniband(u8 *eui, struct net_device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int __ipv6_isatap_ifid(u8 *eui, __be32 addr)
+{
+	eui[0] = (ipv4_is_zeronet(addr) || ipv4_is_private_10(addr) ||
+		  ipv4_is_loopback(addr) || ipv4_is_linklocal_169(addr) ||
+		  ipv4_is_private_172(addr) || ipv4_is_test_192(addr) ||
+		  ipv4_is_anycast_6to4(addr) || ipv4_is_private_192(addr) ||
+		  ipv4_is_test_198(addr) || ipv4_is_multicast(addr) ||
+		  ipv4_is_lbcast(addr)) ? 0x00 : 0x02;
+	eui[1] = 0;
+	eui[2] = 0x5E;
+	eui[3] = 0xFE;
+	memcpy(eui + 4, &addr, 4);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__ipv6_isatap_ifid);
+
+static int addrconf_ifid_sit(u8 *eui, struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	if (dev->priv_flags & IFF_ISATAP)
+		return __ipv6_isatap_ifid(eui, *(__be32 *)dev->dev_addr);
+	return -1;
+}
+
 static int ipv6_generate_eui64(u8 *eui, struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	switch (dev->type) {
@@ -1506,8 +1529,7 @@ static int ipv6_generate_eui64(u8 *eui, struct net_device *dev)
 	case ARPHRD_INFINIBAND:
 		return addrconf_ifid_infiniband(eui, dev);
 	case ARPHRD_SIT:
-		if (dev->priv_flags & IFF_ISATAP)
-			return ipv6_isatap_eui64(eui, *(__be32 *)dev->dev_addr);
+		return addrconf_ifid_sit(eui, dev);
 	}
 	return -1;
 }