diff --git a/net/core/dev.h b/net/core/dev.h
index 357543cbde656..aa91eed55a404 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.h
+++ b/net/core/dev.h
@@ -312,5 +312,6 @@ int dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib(struct net_device *dev,
 			    struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
 int dev_get_hwtstamp_phylib(struct net_device *dev,
 			    struct kernel_hwtstamp_config *cfg);
+int net_hwtstamp_validate(const struct kernel_hwtstamp_config *cfg);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
index 67cf68817f232..1f09930fca26d 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static int dev_ifsioc_locked(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr, unsigned int cm
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int net_hwtstamp_validate(const struct kernel_hwtstamp_config *cfg)
+int net_hwtstamp_validate(const struct kernel_hwtstamp_config *cfg)
 {
 	enum hwtstamp_tx_types tx_type;
 	enum hwtstamp_rx_filters rx_filter;