diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index 768b11703daf7f8c514718768091d0aae3e8f289..53a6680d540f342d112cba2f671535e05eb2af29 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ int sysctl_ipv6_bindv6only;
 
 #ifdef INET_REFCNT_DEBUG
 atomic_t inet6_sock_nr;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(inet6_sock_nr);
 #endif
 
 /* The inetsw table contains everything that inet_create needs to