3 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index cbeb5867cff7..a82ad4dd306a 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -2536,6 +2536,8 @@ extern void		net_disable_timestamp(void);
 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);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 6ba50a1e404c..1482eea0bbf0 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4282,6 +4282,12 @@ static int dev_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
                             sizeof(struct dev_iter_state));
 }
 
+int dev_seq_open_ops(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
+                     const struct seq_operations *ops)
+{
+        return seq_open_net(inode, file, ops, sizeof(struct dev_iter_state));
+}
+
 static const struct file_operations dev_seq_fops = {
         .owner   = THIS_MODULE,
         .open    = dev_seq_open,
diff --git a/net/core/dev_addr_lists.c b/net/core/dev_addr_lists.c
index 277faef9148d..febba516db62 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_addr_lists.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_addr_lists.c
@@ -696,8 +696,7 @@ static const struct seq_operations dev_mc_seq_ops = {
 
 static int dev_mc_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-        return seq_open_net(inode, file, &dev_mc_seq_ops,
-                            sizeof(struct seq_net_private));
+        return dev_seq_open_ops(inode, file, &dev_mc_seq_ops);
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations dev_mc_seq_fops = {