diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/hyperv_net.h b/drivers/staging/hv/hyperv_net.h
index 92b56dce196147e6342c75c0d1bc4fb7a1bc3ee7..bb8889b16051495e43689a50d28d8cf440083b00 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/hyperv_net.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/hyperv_net.h
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ int rndis_filter_close(struct hv_device *dev);
 int rndis_filte_device_add(struct hv_device *dev,
 			void *additional_info);
 int rndis_filter_device_remove(struct hv_device *dev);
-
+int rndis_filter_receive(struct hv_device *dev,
+			struct hv_netvsc_packet *pkt);
 
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c b/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c
index f941323f2cb04961d06d3a4a0eb0fa4a3b25e0c1..d6c957f234feb6912e7ab3c023d30e67f9310a16 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/rndis_filter.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ static void rndis_filter_receive_data(struct rndis_device *dev,
 						   pkt);
 }
 
-static int rndis_filter_receive(struct hv_device *dev,
+int rndis_filter_receive(struct hv_device *dev,
 				struct hv_netvsc_packet	*pkt)
 {
 	struct netvsc_device *net_dev = dev->ext;