diff --git a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
index 5225832bd6ff..9cdd76348d9a 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h>
 
 extern int rtnetlink_send(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net, u32 pid, u32 group, int echo);
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ extern void rtnl_unlock(void);
 extern int rtnl_trylock(void);
 extern int rtnl_is_locked(void);
 extern int rtnl_lock_killable(void);
+extern bool refcount_dec_and_rtnl_lock(refcount_t *r);
 
 extern wait_queue_head_t netdev_unregistering_wq;
 extern struct rw_semaphore pernet_ops_rwsem;
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 80a7e18c65fb..35162e1b06ad 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ int rtnl_is_locked(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_is_locked);
 
+bool refcount_dec_and_rtnl_lock(refcount_t *r)
+{
+	return refcount_dec_and_mutex_lock(r, &rtnl_mutex);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(refcount_dec_and_rtnl_lock);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING
 bool lockdep_rtnl_is_held(void)
 {