diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index 1f75c4bbea8b..96d9a47312cd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -292,6 +292,14 @@ static void netcons_release_dev(struct netconsole_target *nt)
 		memset(&nt->np.dev_name, 0, IFNAMSIZ);
 }
 
+static void refill_skbs_work_handler(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct netpoll *np =
+		container_of(work, struct netpoll, refill_wq);
+
+	refill_skbs(np);
+}
+
 /* Seed the per-target skb pool that find_skb() falls back to. The queue
  * head and refill work are set up once in alloc_and_init(); this only
  * (re)fills the pool. Pair with netconsole_skb_pool_flush().
diff --git a/include/linux/netpoll.h b/include/linux/netpoll.h
index a7b96e179220..51e5863d8e67 100644
--- a/include/linux/netpoll.h
+++ b/include/linux/netpoll.h
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ void do_netpoll_cleanup(struct netpoll *np);
 netdev_tx_t netpoll_send_skb(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb);
 void netpoll_zap_completion_queue(void);
 void refill_skbs(struct netpoll *np);
-void refill_skbs_work_handler(struct work_struct *work);
 void skb_pool_flush(struct netpoll *np);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NETPOLL
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 58f30a4d5eb0..93a16faf808c 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -362,15 +362,6 @@ void skb_pool_flush(struct netpoll *np)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_pool_flush);
 
-void refill_skbs_work_handler(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	struct netpoll *np =
-		container_of(work, struct netpoll, refill_wq);
-
-	refill_skbs(np);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(refill_skbs_work_handler);
-
 int __netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device *ndev)
 {
 	struct netpoll_info *npinfo;