diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 48081ada92a7..306580ce1e53 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -926,40 +926,7 @@ static const char *statename[]={
 	"Close Wait","Last ACK","Listen","Closing"
 };
 #endif
-
-static inline void tcp_set_state(struct sock *sk, int state)
-{
-	int oldstate = sk->sk_state;
-
-	switch (state) {
-	case TCP_ESTABLISHED:
-		if (oldstate != TCP_ESTABLISHED)
-			TCP_INC_STATS(TCP_MIB_CURRESTAB);
-		break;
-
-	case TCP_CLOSE:
-		if (oldstate == TCP_CLOSE_WAIT || oldstate == TCP_ESTABLISHED)
-			TCP_INC_STATS(TCP_MIB_ESTABRESETS);
-
-		sk->sk_prot->unhash(sk);
-		if (inet_csk(sk)->icsk_bind_hash &&
-		    !(sk->sk_userlocks & SOCK_BINDPORT_LOCK))
-			inet_put_port(&tcp_hashinfo, sk);
-		/* fall through */
-	default:
-		if (oldstate==TCP_ESTABLISHED)
-			TCP_DEC_STATS(TCP_MIB_CURRESTAB);
-	}
-
-	/* Change state AFTER socket is unhashed to avoid closed
-	 * socket sitting in hash tables.
-	 */
-	sk->sk_state = state;
-
-#ifdef STATE_TRACE
-	SOCK_DEBUG(sk, "TCP sk=%p, State %s -> %s\n",sk, statename[oldstate],statename[state]);
-#endif	
-}
+extern void tcp_set_state(struct sock *sk, int state);
 
 extern void tcp_done(struct sock *sk);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 34085e3a4096..a0d373bd9065 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -1652,6 +1652,41 @@ recv_urg:
 	goto out;
 }
 
+void tcp_set_state(struct sock *sk, int state)
+{
+	int oldstate = sk->sk_state;
+
+	switch (state) {
+	case TCP_ESTABLISHED:
+		if (oldstate != TCP_ESTABLISHED)
+			TCP_INC_STATS(TCP_MIB_CURRESTAB);
+		break;
+
+	case TCP_CLOSE:
+		if (oldstate == TCP_CLOSE_WAIT || oldstate == TCP_ESTABLISHED)
+			TCP_INC_STATS(TCP_MIB_ESTABRESETS);
+
+		sk->sk_prot->unhash(sk);
+		if (inet_csk(sk)->icsk_bind_hash &&
+		    !(sk->sk_userlocks & SOCK_BINDPORT_LOCK))
+			inet_put_port(&tcp_hashinfo, sk);
+		/* fall through */
+	default:
+		if (oldstate==TCP_ESTABLISHED)
+			TCP_DEC_STATS(TCP_MIB_CURRESTAB);
+	}
+
+	/* Change state AFTER socket is unhashed to avoid closed
+	 * socket sitting in hash tables.
+	 */
+	sk->sk_state = state;
+
+#ifdef STATE_TRACE
+	SOCK_DEBUG(sk, "TCP sk=%p, State %s -> %s\n",sk, statename[oldstate],statename[state]);
+#endif
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_set_state);
+
 /*
  *	State processing on a close. This implements the state shift for
  *	sending our FIN frame. Note that we only send a FIN for some