diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h
index db4b935b6c7e3b26ec746bf17c467b0ec872d042..a52d036017545cd2ca2a2a160218b0ae0aef64fd 100644
--- a/include/net/netlink.h
+++ b/include/net/netlink.h
@@ -881,6 +881,9 @@ static inline int nla_put_msecs(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype,
 #define NLA_PUT_LE16(skb, attrtype, value) \
 	NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, __le16, attrtype, value)
 
+#define NLA_PUT_BE16(skb, attrtype, value) \
+	NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, __be16, attrtype, value)
+
 #define NLA_PUT_U32(skb, attrtype, value) \
 	NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, u32, attrtype, value)
 
@@ -926,6 +929,15 @@ static inline u16 nla_get_u16(struct nlattr *nla)
 	return *(u16 *) nla_data(nla);
 }
 
+/**
+ * nla_get_be16 - return payload of __be16 attribute
+ * @nla: __be16 netlink attribute
+ */
+static inline __be16 nla_get_be16(struct nlattr *nla)
+{
+	return *(__be16 *) nla_data(nla);
+}
+
 /**
  * nla_get_le16 - return payload of __le16 attribute
  * @nla: __le16 netlink attribute