2 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index d6afd440cf7b..d89816ad642f 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -925,10 +925,6 @@ extern int skb_checksum_help(struct sk_buff *skb, int inward);
 extern void             net_enable_timestamp(void);
 extern void             net_disable_timestamp(void);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-extern char *net_sysctl_strdup(const char *s);
-#endif
-
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif  /* _LINUX_DEV_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
index b9fc59469956..93994c613095 100644
--- a/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/include/linux/string.h
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ extern int memcmp(const void *,const void *,__kernel_size_t);
 extern void * memchr(const void *,int,__kernel_size_t);
 #endif
 
+extern char *kstrdup(const char *s, int gfp);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif