diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index 48d2670bbdef..d804d44af87c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Console driver for network interfaces");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS("NETDEV_INTERNAL");
 
 #define MAX_PARAM_LENGTH		256
 #define MAX_EXTRADATA_ENTRY_LEN		256
@@ -1653,6 +1654,33 @@ static struct notifier_block netconsole_netdev_notifier = {
 	.notifier_call  = netconsole_netdev_event,
 };
 
+static struct sk_buff *find_skb(struct netpoll *np, int len, int reserve)
+{
+	int count = 0;
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+	netpoll_zap_completion_queue();
+repeat:
+
+	skb = alloc_skb(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!skb) {
+		skb = skb_dequeue(&np->skb_pool);
+		schedule_work(&np->refill_wq);
+	}
+
+	if (!skb) {
+		if (++count < 10) {
+			netpoll_poll_dev(np->dev);
+			goto repeat;
+		}
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	refcount_set(&skb->users, 1);
+	skb_reserve(skb, reserve);
+	return skb;
+}
+
 static void netpoll_udp_checksum(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				 int len)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/netpoll.h b/include/linux/netpoll.h
index f986f7486cb8..e4b8f1f91e54 100644
--- a/include/linux/netpoll.h
+++ b/include/linux/netpoll.h
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ void __netpoll_free(struct netpoll *np);
 void netpoll_cleanup(struct netpoll *np);
 void do_netpoll_cleanup(struct netpoll *np);
 netdev_tx_t netpoll_send_skb(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb);
-struct sk_buff *find_skb(struct netpoll *np, int len, int reserve);
 void netpoll_zap_completion_queue(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NETPOLL
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index e4cda0aa4d48..33ab3d827a42 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -265,34 +265,6 @@ void netpoll_zap_completion_queue(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(netpoll_zap_completion_queue, "NETDEV_INTERNAL");
 
-struct sk_buff *find_skb(struct netpoll *np, int len, int reserve)
-{
-	int count = 0;
-	struct sk_buff *skb;
-
-	netpoll_zap_completion_queue();
-repeat:
-
-	skb = alloc_skb(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (!skb) {
-		skb = skb_dequeue(&np->skb_pool);
-		schedule_work(&np->refill_wq);
-	}
-
-	if (!skb) {
-		if (++count < 10) {
-			netpoll_poll_dev(np->dev);
-			goto repeat;
-		}
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	refcount_set(&skb->users, 1);
-	skb_reserve(skb, reserve);
-	return skb;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(find_skb);
-
 static int netpoll_owner_active(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct napi_struct *napi;