diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 06287c1..29b579f 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -2629,6 +2629,7 @@
 int dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 			struct netdev_queue *txq);
 int dev_forward_skb(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb);
+bool is_skb_forwardable(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb);
 
 extern int		netdev_budget;
 
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index cf92139..a923eed 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1640,8 +1640,7 @@
 			__net_timestamp(SKB);		\
 	}						\
 
-static inline bool is_skb_forwardable(struct net_device *dev,
-				      struct sk_buff *skb)
+bool is_skb_forwardable(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	unsigned int len;
 
@@ -1660,6 +1659,7 @@
 
 	return false;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(is_skb_forwardable);
 
 /**
  * dev_forward_skb - loopback an skb to another netif