diff --git a/include/net/ip.h b/include/net/ip.h
index 9192444f2964..cf229a531194 100644
--- a/include/net/ip.h
+++ b/include/net/ip.h
@@ -291,7 +291,11 @@ void ip_send_unicast_reply(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 #define NET_ADD_STATS(net, field, adnd)	SNMP_ADD_STATS((net)->mib.net_statistics, field, adnd)
 #define __NET_ADD_STATS(net, field, adnd) __SNMP_ADD_STATS((net)->mib.net_statistics, field, adnd)
 
-u64 snmp_get_cpu_field(void __percpu *mib, int cpu, int offct);
+static inline u64 snmp_get_cpu_field(void __percpu *mib, int cpu, int offt)
+{
+	return  *(((unsigned long *)per_cpu_ptr(mib, cpu)) + offt);
+}
+
 unsigned long snmp_fold_field(void __percpu *mib, int offt);
 #if BITS_PER_LONG==32
 u64 snmp_get_cpu_field64(void __percpu *mib, int cpu, int offct,
diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
index 2fc6074583a4..8eb428387bac 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -1662,12 +1662,6 @@ int inet_ctl_sock_create(struct sock **sk, unsigned short family,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inet_ctl_sock_create);
 
-u64 snmp_get_cpu_field(void __percpu *mib, int cpu, int offt)
-{
-	return  *(((unsigned long *)per_cpu_ptr(mib, cpu)) + offt);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snmp_get_cpu_field);
-
 unsigned long snmp_fold_field(void __percpu *mib, int offt)
 {
 	unsigned long res = 0;