diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/nidstr.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/nidstr.h
index 082782bd4978..b32f8cd037d4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/nidstr.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/nidstr.h
@@ -76,4 +76,17 @@ bool cfs_nidrange_is_contiguous(struct list_head *nidlist);
 void cfs_nidrange_find_min_max(struct list_head *nidlist, char *min_nid,
 			       char *max_nid, size_t nidstr_length);
 
+struct netstrfns {
+	int	nf_type;
+	char	*nf_name;
+	char	*nf_modname;
+	void	(*nf_addr2str)(__u32 addr, char *str);
+	int	(*nf_str2addr)(const char *str, int nob, __u32 *addr);
+	int	(*nf_parse_addrlist)(char *str, int len,
+				     struct list_head *list);
+	int	(*nf_print_addrlist)(char *buffer, int count,
+				     struct list_head *list);
+	int	(*nf_match_addr)(__u32 addr, struct list_head *list);
+};
+
 #endif /* _LNET_NIDSTRINGS_H */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/nidstrings.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/nidstrings.c
index fdbdf0668aaf..6a778b9f8567 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/nidstrings.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/nidstrings.c
@@ -208,19 +208,6 @@ libcfs_num_match(__u32 addr, struct list_head *numaddr)
 	return cfs_expr_list_match(addr, el);
 }
 
-struct netstrfns {
-	int	  nf_type;
-	char	*nf_name;
-	char	*nf_modname;
-	void       (*nf_addr2str)(__u32 addr, char *str);
-	int	(*nf_str2addr)(const char *str, int nob, __u32 *addr);
-	int	(*nf_parse_addrlist)(char *str, int len,
-					struct list_head *list);
-	int	(*nf_print_addrlist)(char *buffer, int count,
-				     struct list_head *list);
-	int	(*nf_match_addr)(__u32 addr, struct list_head *list);
-};
-
 static struct netstrfns  libcfs_netstrfns[] = {
 	{/* .nf_type      */  LOLND,
 	 /* .nf_name      */  "lo",