diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
index 52e4895..a390e9d 100644
--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
@@ -237,22 +237,8 @@
 	int protocol;
 };
 
-static __inline__ struct nlmsghdr *
-__nlmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, u32 seq, int type, int len, int flags)
-{
-	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
-	int size = NLMSG_LENGTH(len);
-
-	nlh = (struct nlmsghdr*)skb_put(skb, NLMSG_ALIGN(size));
-	nlh->nlmsg_type = type;
-	nlh->nlmsg_len = size;
-	nlh->nlmsg_flags = flags;
-	nlh->nlmsg_pid = pid;
-	nlh->nlmsg_seq = seq;
-	if (!__builtin_constant_p(size) || NLMSG_ALIGN(size) - size != 0)
-		memset(NLMSG_DATA(nlh) + len, 0, NLMSG_ALIGN(size) - size);
-	return nlh;
-}
+struct nlmsghdr *
+__nlmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, u32 seq, int type, int len, int flags);
 
 #define NLMSG_NEW(skb, pid, seq, type, len, flags) \
 ({	if (unlikely(skb_tailroom(skb) < (int)NLMSG_SPACE(len))) \
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
diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h
index cb1f350..f394fe5 100644
--- a/include/net/netlink.h
+++ b/include/net/netlink.h
@@ -441,41 +441,6 @@
 	nla_for_each_attr(pos, nlmsg_attrdata(nlh, hdrlen), \
 			  nlmsg_attrlen(nlh, hdrlen), rem)
 
-#if 0
-/* FIXME: Enable once all users have been converted */
-
-/**
- * __nlmsg_put - Add a new netlink message to an skb
- * @skb: socket buffer to store message in
- * @pid: netlink process id
- * @seq: sequence number of message
- * @type: message type
- * @payload: length of message payload
- * @flags: message flags
- *
- * The caller is responsible to ensure that the skb provides enough
- * tailroom for both the netlink header and payload.
- */
-static inline struct nlmsghdr *__nlmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid,
-					   u32 seq, int type, int payload,
-					   int flags)
-{
-	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
-
-	nlh = (struct nlmsghdr *) skb_put(skb, nlmsg_total_size(payload));
-	nlh->nlmsg_type = type;
-	nlh->nlmsg_len = nlmsg_msg_size(payload);
-	nlh->nlmsg_flags = flags;
-	nlh->nlmsg_pid = pid;
-	nlh->nlmsg_seq = seq;
-
-	memset((unsigned char *) nlmsg_data(nlh) + payload, 0,
-	       nlmsg_padlen(payload));
-
-	return nlh;
-}
-#endif
-
 /**
  * nlmsg_put - Add a new netlink message to an skb
  * @skb: socket buffer to store message in
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 629b061..4d751e3 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1645,6 +1645,24 @@
 	kfree(cb);
 }
 
+struct nlmsghdr *
+__nlmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, u32 seq, int type, int len, int flags)
+{
+	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
+	int size = NLMSG_LENGTH(len);
+
+	nlh = (struct nlmsghdr*)skb_put(skb, NLMSG_ALIGN(size));
+	nlh->nlmsg_type = type;
+	nlh->nlmsg_len = size;
+	nlh->nlmsg_flags = flags;
+	nlh->nlmsg_pid = pid;
+	nlh->nlmsg_seq = seq;
+	if (!__builtin_constant_p(size) || NLMSG_ALIGN(size) - size != 0)
+		memset(NLMSG_DATA(nlh) + len, 0, NLMSG_ALIGN(size) - size);
+	return nlh;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__nlmsg_put);
+
 /*
  * It looks a bit ugly.
  * It would be better to create kernel thread.
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index c29d256..a115471 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -498,6 +498,37 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(genl_unregister_family);
 
+/**
+ * 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
+ */
+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;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(genlmsg_put);
+
 static int genl_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 {
 	struct genl_ops *ops;