diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf_core.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf_core.c
index 644e0c742f99..faaefb692298 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf_core.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf_core.c
@@ -72,4 +72,5 @@ int __ipv6_addr_type(const struct in6_addr *addr)
 	return (IPV6_ADDR_RESERVED |
 		IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_TYPE(IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_GLOBAL));	/* addr-select 3.4 */
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__ipv6_addr_type);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ipv6_syms.c b/net/ipv6/ipv6_syms.c
index 0e8e0676a033..e12e3d4fccec 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ipv6_syms.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ipv6_syms.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include <net/ip6_route.h>
 #include <net/xfrm.h>
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__ipv6_addr_type);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(icmpv6_send);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(icmpv6_statistics);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(icmpv6_err_convert);