diff --git a/include/linux/in6.h b/include/linux/in6.h
index d559fac4a26d..2a61c82af115 100644
--- a/include/linux/in6.h
+++ b/include/linux/in6.h
@@ -44,10 +44,8 @@ struct in6_addr
  * NOTE: Be aware the IN6ADDR_* constants and in6addr_* externals are defined
  * in network byte order, not in host byte order as are the IPv4 equivalents
  */
-#if 0
 extern const struct in6_addr in6addr_any;
 #define IN6ADDR_ANY_INIT { { { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 } } }
-#endif
 extern const struct in6_addr in6addr_loopback;
 #define IN6ADDR_LOOPBACK_INIT { { { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1 } } }
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index ea86bf4bfe0a..e04e49373505 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -209,9 +209,7 @@ static struct ipv6_devconf ipv6_devconf_dflt __read_mostly = {
 };
 
 /* IPv6 Wildcard Address and Loopback Address defined by RFC2553 */
-#if 0
 const struct in6_addr in6addr_any = IN6ADDR_ANY_INIT;
-#endif
 const struct in6_addr in6addr_loopback = IN6ADDR_LOOPBACK_INIT;
 
 static void addrconf_del_timer(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)