diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index 7db3299..ccb6888 100644
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -131,35 +131,8 @@
 extern void genl_notify(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net, u32 pid,
 			u32 group, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, gfp_t flags);
 
-/**
- * genlmsg_put - Add generic netlink header to netlink message
- * @skb: socket buffer holding the message
- * @pid: netlink pid the message is addressed to
- * @seq: sequence number (usually the one of the sender)
- * @family: generic netlink family
- * @flags netlink message flags
- * @cmd: generic netlink command
- *
- * Returns pointer to user specific header
- */
-static inline void *genlmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, u32 seq,
-				struct genl_family *family, int flags, u8 cmd)
-{
-	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
-	struct genlmsghdr *hdr;
-
-	nlh = nlmsg_put(skb, pid, seq, family->id, GENL_HDRLEN +
-			family->hdrsize, flags);
-	if (nlh == NULL)
-		return NULL;
-
-	hdr = nlmsg_data(nlh);
-	hdr->cmd = cmd;
-	hdr->version = family->version;
-	hdr->reserved = 0;
-
-	return (char *) hdr + GENL_HDRLEN;
-}
+void *genlmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, u32 seq,
+				struct genl_family *family, int flags, u8 cmd);
 
 /**
  * genlmsg_nlhdr - Obtain netlink header from user specified header