diff --git a/include/net/ipv6.h b/include/net/ipv6.h
index f27fd83..ad9a511 100644
--- a/include/net/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/ipv6.h
@@ -441,6 +441,18 @@
 	return __ipv6_addr_diff(a1, a2, sizeof(struct in6_addr));
 }
 
+static __inline__ void ipv6_select_ident(struct frag_hdr *fhdr)
+{
+	static u32 ipv6_fragmentation_id = 1;
+	static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ip6_id_lock);
+
+	spin_lock_bh(&ip6_id_lock);
+	fhdr->identification = htonl(ipv6_fragmentation_id);
+	if (++ipv6_fragmentation_id == 0)
+		ipv6_fragmentation_id = 1;
+	spin_unlock_bh(&ip6_id_lock);
+}
+
 /*
  *	Prototypes exported by ipv6
  */
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 1c6f0fc..dd1a980 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -57,18 +57,6 @@
 
 static int ip6_fragment(struct sk_buff *skb, int (*output)(struct sk_buff *));
 
-static __inline__ void ipv6_select_ident(struct sk_buff *skb, struct frag_hdr *fhdr)
-{
-	static u32 ipv6_fragmentation_id = 1;
-	static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ip6_id_lock);
-
-	spin_lock_bh(&ip6_id_lock);
-	fhdr->identification = htonl(ipv6_fragmentation_id);
-	if (++ipv6_fragmentation_id == 0)
-		ipv6_fragmentation_id = 1;
-	spin_unlock_bh(&ip6_id_lock);
-}
-
 int __ip6_local_out(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	int len;
@@ -706,7 +694,7 @@
 		skb_reset_network_header(skb);
 		memcpy(skb_network_header(skb), tmp_hdr, hlen);
 
-		ipv6_select_ident(skb, fh);
+		ipv6_select_ident(fh);
 		fh->nexthdr = nexthdr;
 		fh->reserved = 0;
 		fh->frag_off = htons(IP6_MF);
@@ -844,7 +832,7 @@
 		fh->nexthdr = nexthdr;
 		fh->reserved = 0;
 		if (!frag_id) {
-			ipv6_select_ident(skb, fh);
+			ipv6_select_ident(fh);
 			frag_id = fh->identification;
 		} else
 			fh->identification = frag_id;
@@ -1093,7 +1081,7 @@
 		skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size = (mtu - fragheaderlen -
 					     sizeof(struct frag_hdr)) & ~7;
 		skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type = SKB_GSO_UDP;
-		ipv6_select_ident(skb, &fhdr);
+		ipv6_select_ident(&fhdr);
 		skb_shinfo(skb)->ip6_frag_id = fhdr.identification;
 		__skb_queue_tail(&sk->sk_write_queue, skb);