diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index cbeb586..a82ad4d 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -2536,6 +2536,8 @@
 extern void *dev_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos);
 extern void *dev_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos);
 extern void dev_seq_stop(struct seq_file *seq, void *v);
+extern int dev_seq_open_ops(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
+			    const struct seq_operations *ops);
 #endif
 
 extern int netdev_class_create_file(struct class_attribute *class_attr);