diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c
index 9f3339861ec5..30cf764824ec 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static int ib_nl_ip_send_msg(struct rdma_dev_addr *dev_addr,
 
 	/* Repair the nlmsg header length */
 	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
-	ibnl_multicast(skb, nlh, RDMA_NL_GROUP_LS, GFP_KERNEL);
+	rdma_nl_multicast(skb, RDMA_NL_GROUP_LS, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	/* Make the request retry, so when we get the response from userspace
 	 * we will have something.
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_msg.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_msg.c
index ca3c160bb9da..30825bb9b8e9 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_msg.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_msg.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ int iwpm_register_pid(struct iwpm_dev_data *pm_msg, u8 nl_client)
 	pr_debug("%s: Multicasting a nlmsg (dev = %s ifname = %s iwpm = %s)\n",
 		__func__, pm_msg->dev_name, pm_msg->if_name, iwpm_ulib_name);
 
-	ret = ibnl_multicast(skb, nlh, RDMA_NL_GROUP_IWPM, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ret = rdma_nl_multicast(skb, RDMA_NL_GROUP_IWPM, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (ret) {
 		skb = NULL; /* skb is freed in the netlink send-op handling */
 		iwpm_user_pid = IWPM_PID_UNAVAILABLE;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c
index b95a70013f19..5c627d1fbaa9 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c
@@ -257,12 +257,11 @@ int rdma_nl_unicast_wait(struct sk_buff *skb, __u32 pid)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rdma_nl_unicast_wait);
 
-int ibnl_multicast(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
-			unsigned int group, gfp_t flags)
+int rdma_nl_multicast(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int group, gfp_t flags)
 {
 	return nlmsg_multicast(nls, skb, 0, group, flags);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ibnl_multicast);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rdma_nl_multicast);
 
 int __init rdma_nl_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/sa_query.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/sa_query.c
index b499f4422f41..977f64d0e983 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/sa_query.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/sa_query.c
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ static int ib_nl_send_msg(struct ib_sa_query *query, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 	/* Repair the nlmsg header length */
 	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
 
-	ret = ibnl_multicast(skb, nlh, RDMA_NL_GROUP_LS, gfp_mask);
+	ret = rdma_nl_multicast(skb, RDMA_NL_GROUP_LS, gfp_mask);
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = len;
 	else
diff --git a/include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h b/include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h
index e7b0779385e9..16a94c425938 100644
--- a/include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h
+++ b/include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h
@@ -72,12 +72,10 @@ int rdma_nl_unicast_wait(struct sk_buff *skb, __u32 pid);
 /**
  * Send the supplied skb to a netlink group.
  * @skb: The netlink skb
- * @nlh: Header of the netlink message to send
  * @group: Netlink group ID
  * @flags: allocation flags
  * Returns 0 on success or a negative error code.
  */
-int ibnl_multicast(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
-			unsigned int group, gfp_t flags);
+int rdma_nl_multicast(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int group, gfp_t flags);
 
 #endif /* _RDMA_NETLINK_H */