diff --git a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
index ecbe0349060c7eb954234df1fa860b7a081aa5be..9c92dc8b9a082616c4bc6622e87ca0176a622b8e 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -574,8 +574,6 @@ extern int rtattr_parse(struct rtattr *tb[], int maxattr, struct rtattr *rta, in
 #define rtattr_parse_nested(tb, max, rta) \
 	rtattr_parse((tb), (max), RTA_DATA((rta)), RTA_PAYLOAD((rta)))
 
-extern struct sock *rtnl;
-
 struct rtnetlink_link
 {
 	int (*doit)(struct sk_buff *, struct nlmsghdr*, void *attr);
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index f5300b5dd0fdc8339737159b390a80790ebcfdc6..dfc58269240a610a2a1b1ff23d41bb560fae4def 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 #endif	/* CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS_RTNETLINK */
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(rtnl_mutex);
+static struct sock *rtnl;
 
 void rtnl_lock(void)
 {
@@ -95,8 +96,6 @@ int rtattr_parse(struct rtattr *tb[], int maxattr, struct rtattr *rta, int len)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct sock *rtnl;
-
 struct rtnetlink_link * rtnetlink_links[NPROTO];
 
 static const int rtm_min[RTM_NR_FAMILIES] =
@@ -842,7 +841,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtattr_strlcpy);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtattr_parse);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnetlink_links);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnetlink_put_metrics);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_lock);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_trylock);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_unlock);