diff --git a/include/linux/if_vlan.h b/include/linux/if_vlan.h
index 12d5543b14f2..070ac50c1d2d 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_vlan.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_vlan.h
@@ -310,6 +310,40 @@ static inline __be16 vlan_get_protocol(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	return protocol;
 }
+
+static inline void vlan_set_encap_proto(struct sk_buff *skb,
+					struct vlan_hdr *vhdr)
+{
+	__be16 proto;
+	unsigned char *rawp;
+
+	/*
+	 * Was a VLAN packet, grab the encapsulated protocol, which the layer
+	 * three protocols care about.
+	 */
+
+	proto = vhdr->h_vlan_encapsulated_proto;
+	if (ntohs(proto) >= 1536) {
+		skb->protocol = proto;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	rawp = skb->data;
+	if (*(unsigned short *) rawp == 0xFFFF)
+		/*
+		 * This is a magic hack to spot IPX packets. Older Novell
+		 * breaks the protocol design and runs IPX over 802.3 without
+		 * an 802.2 LLC layer. We look for FFFF which isn't a used
+		 * 802.2 SSAP/DSAP. This won't work for fault tolerant netware
+		 * but does for the rest.
+		 */
+		skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_802_3);
+	else
+		/*
+		 * Real 802.2 LLC
+		 */
+		skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_802_2);
+}
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 /* VLAN IOCTLs are found in sockios.h */
diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan_core.c b/net/8021q/vlan_core.c
index f5ffc02729d6..9c95e8e054f9 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan_core.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan_core.c
@@ -110,39 +110,6 @@ static struct sk_buff *vlan_reorder_header(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return skb;
 }
 
-static void vlan_set_encap_proto(struct sk_buff *skb, struct vlan_hdr *vhdr)
-{
-	__be16 proto;
-	unsigned char *rawp;
-
-	/*
-	 * Was a VLAN packet, grab the encapsulated protocol, which the layer
-	 * three protocols care about.
-	 */
-
-	proto = vhdr->h_vlan_encapsulated_proto;
-	if (ntohs(proto) >= 1536) {
-		skb->protocol = proto;
-		return;
-	}
-
-	rawp = skb->data;
-	if (*(unsigned short *) rawp == 0xFFFF)
-		/*
-		 * This is a magic hack to spot IPX packets. Older Novell
-		 * breaks the protocol design and runs IPX over 802.3 without
-		 * an 802.2 LLC layer. We look for FFFF which isn't a used
-		 * 802.2 SSAP/DSAP. This won't work for fault tolerant netware
-		 * but does for the rest.
-		 */
-		skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_802_3);
-	else
-		/*
-		 * Real 802.2 LLC
-		 */
-		skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_802_2);
-}
-
 struct sk_buff *vlan_untag(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct vlan_hdr *vhdr;