diff --git a/include/net/ip6_route.h b/include/net/ip6_route.h
index b9de335b639a..5f47cef0be46 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_route.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_route.h
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ u32 ip6_mtu_from_fib6(const struct fib6_result *res,
 		      const struct in6_addr *daddr,
 		      const struct in6_addr *saddr);
 
-struct neighbour *ip6_neigh_lookup(const struct in6_addr *gw,
-				   struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
-				   const void *daddr);
+struct neighbour *__ip6_dst_neigh_lookup(const struct in6_addr *gw,
+					 struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
+					 const void *daddr);
 #endif
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
index 12d85d7f8234..e1cbffaa0ad0 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
@@ -1359,9 +1359,9 @@ static enum skb_drop_reason ndisc_router_discovery(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	/* routes added from RAs do not use nexthop objects */
 	rt = rt6_get_dflt_router(net, &ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr, skb->dev);
 	if (rt) {
-		neigh = ip6_neigh_lookup(&rt->fib6_nh->fib_nh_gw6,
-					 rt->fib6_nh->fib_nh_dev, NULL,
-					  &ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr);
+		neigh = __ip6_dst_neigh_lookup(&rt->fib6_nh->fib_nh_gw6,
+					       rt->fib6_nh->fib_nh_dev, NULL,
+					       &ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr);
 		if (!neigh) {
 			net_err_ratelimited("RA: %s got default router without neighbour\n",
 					    __func__);
@@ -1395,9 +1395,9 @@ static enum skb_drop_reason ndisc_router_discovery(struct sk_buff *skb)
 			return reason;
 		}
 
-		neigh = ip6_neigh_lookup(&rt->fib6_nh->fib_nh_gw6,
-					 rt->fib6_nh->fib_nh_dev, NULL,
-					  &ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr);
+		neigh = __ip6_dst_neigh_lookup(&rt->fib6_nh->fib_nh_gw6,
+					       rt->fib6_nh->fib_nh_dev, NULL,
+					       &ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr);
 		if (!neigh) {
 			net_err_ratelimited("RA: %s got default router without neighbour\n",
 					    __func__);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index b1dcb5e5da88..6bd9659b3870 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -214,10 +214,10 @@ static inline const void *choose_neigh_daddr(const struct in6_addr *p,
 	return daddr;
 }
 
-struct neighbour *ip6_neigh_lookup(const struct in6_addr *gw,
-				   struct net_device *dev,
-				   struct sk_buff *skb,
-				   const void *daddr)
+struct neighbour *__ip6_dst_neigh_lookup(const struct in6_addr *gw,
+					 struct net_device *dev,
+					 struct sk_buff *skb,
+					 const void *daddr)
 {
 	struct neighbour *n;
 
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ static struct neighbour *ip6_dst_neigh_lookup(const struct dst_entry *dst,
 {
 	const struct rt6_info *rt = dst_rt6_info(dst);
 
-	return ip6_neigh_lookup(rt6_nexthop(rt, &in6addr_any),
-				dst_dev(dst), skb, daddr);
+	return __ip6_dst_neigh_lookup(rt6_nexthop(rt, &in6addr_any),
+				      dst_dev(dst), skb, daddr);
 }
 
 static void ip6_confirm_neigh(const struct dst_entry *dst, const void *daddr)