diff --git a/include/net/dn_route.h b/include/net/dn_route.h
index b409ad6b8d7a..55df9939bca2 100644
--- a/include/net/dn_route.h
+++ b/include/net/dn_route.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ int dn_route_output_sock(struct dst_entry __rcu **pprt, struct flowidn *,
 			 struct sock *sk, int flags);
 int dn_cache_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb);
 void dn_rt_cache_flush(int delay);
+int dn_route_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
+		 struct packet_type *pt, struct net_device *orig_dev);
 
 /* Masks for flags field */
 #define DN_RT_F_PID 0x07 /* Mask for packet type                      */
diff --git a/net/decnet/af_decnet.c b/net/decnet/af_decnet.c
index 2954dcbca832..24d9193240e3 100644
--- a/net/decnet/af_decnet.c
+++ b/net/decnet/af_decnet.c
@@ -2104,8 +2104,6 @@ static struct notifier_block dn_dev_notifier = {
 	.notifier_call = dn_device_event,
 };
 
-extern int dn_route_rcv(struct sk_buff *, struct net_device *, struct packet_type *, struct net_device *);
-
 static struct packet_type dn_dix_packet_type __read_mostly = {
 	.type =		cpu_to_be16(ETH_P_DNA_RT),
 	.func =		dn_route_rcv,