diff --git a/include/net/iw_handler.h b/include/net/iw_handler.h
index fc44fcca1d5c..804587b7592b 100644
--- a/include/net/iw_handler.h
+++ b/include/net/iw_handler.h
@@ -413,12 +413,6 @@ struct iw_spy_data {
 /* Send a single event to user space */
 void wireless_send_event(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int cmd,
 			 union iwreq_data *wrqu, const char *extra);
-#ifdef CONFIG_WEXT_CORE
-/* flush all previous wext events - if work is done from netdev notifiers */
-void wireless_nlevent_flush(void);
-#else
-static inline void wireless_nlevent_flush(void) {}
-#endif
 
 /* We may need a function to send a stream of events to user space.
  * More on that later... */
diff --git a/net/wireless/wext-compat.h b/net/wireless/wext-compat.h
index 8251ca5df8ae..f680dd134582 100644
--- a/net/wireless/wext-compat.h
+++ b/net/wireless/wext-compat.h
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
 #include <net/iw_handler.h>
 #include <linux/wireless.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_WEXT_CORE
+void wireless_nlevent_flush(void);
+#else
+static inline void wireless_nlevent_flush(void) {}
+#endif
+
 int cfg80211_ibss_wext_siwfreq(struct net_device *dev,
 			       struct iw_request_info *info,
 			       struct iw_freq *wextfreq, char *extra);
diff --git a/net/wireless/wext-core.c b/net/wireless/wext-core.c
index 3bb04b05c5ce..00c640b3e86e 100644
--- a/net/wireless/wext-core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/wext-core.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <net/netlink.h>
 #include <net/wext.h>
 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
+#include "wext-compat.h"
 
 typedef int (*wext_ioctl_func)(struct net_device *, struct iwreq *,
 			       unsigned int, struct iw_request_info *,
@@ -356,7 +357,6 @@ void wireless_nlevent_flush(void)
 	}
 	up_read(&net_rwsem);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wireless_nlevent_flush);
 
 static int wext_netdev_notifier_call(struct notifier_block *nb,
 				     unsigned long state, void *ptr)