diff --git a/include/net/gro.h b/include/net/gro.h
index e3affb2e2ca8..b65f631c521d 100644
--- a/include/net/gro.h
+++ b/include/net/gro.h
@@ -593,4 +593,31 @@ static inline void inet6_get_iif_sdif(const struct sk_buff *skb, int *iif, int *
 struct packet_offload *gro_find_receive_by_type(__be16 type);
 struct packet_offload *gro_find_complete_by_type(__be16 type);
 
+static inline struct tcphdr *tcp_gro_pull_header(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	unsigned int thlen, hlen, off;
+	struct tcphdr *th;
+
+	off = skb_gro_offset(skb);
+	hlen = off + sizeof(*th);
+	th = skb_gro_header(skb, hlen, off);
+	if (unlikely(!th))
+		return NULL;
+
+	thlen = th->doff * 4;
+	if (unlikely(thlen < sizeof(*th)))
+		return NULL;
+
+	hlen = off + thlen;
+	if (!skb_gro_may_pull(skb, hlen)) {
+		th = skb_gro_header_slow(skb, hlen, off);
+		if (unlikely(!th))
+			return NULL;
+	}
+
+	skb_gro_pull(skb, thlen);
+
+	return th;
+}
+
 #endif /* _NET_GRO_H */
diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 4833ec7903ec..0deb5e9dd911 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -2313,7 +2313,6 @@ void tcp_v4_destroy_sock(struct sock *sk);
 
 struct sk_buff *tcp_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				netdev_features_t features);
-struct tcphdr *tcp_gro_pull_header(struct sk_buff *skb);
 struct sk_buff *tcp_gro_lookup(struct list_head *head, struct tcphdr *th);
 struct sk_buff *tcp_gro_receive(struct list_head *head, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				struct tcphdr *th);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_offload.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_offload.c
index 2cb93da93abc..fdda18b1abda 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_offload.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_offload.c
@@ -282,33 +282,6 @@ struct sk_buff *tcp_gro_lookup(struct list_head *head, struct tcphdr *th)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-struct tcphdr *tcp_gro_pull_header(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	unsigned int thlen, hlen, off;
-	struct tcphdr *th;
-
-	off = skb_gro_offset(skb);
-	hlen = off + sizeof(*th);
-	th = skb_gro_header(skb, hlen, off);
-	if (unlikely(!th))
-		return NULL;
-
-	thlen = th->doff * 4;
-	if (thlen < sizeof(*th))
-		return NULL;
-
-	hlen = off + thlen;
-	if (!skb_gro_may_pull(skb, hlen)) {
-		th = skb_gro_header_slow(skb, hlen, off);
-		if (unlikely(!th))
-			return NULL;
-	}
-
-	skb_gro_pull(skb, thlen);
-
-	return th;
-}
-
 struct sk_buff *tcp_gro_receive(struct list_head *head, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				struct tcphdr *th)
 {