diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index 70f9c5bfb372..9506b1e1193f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <linux/udp.h>
 #include <linux/netpoll.h>
 #include <linux/inet.h>
+#include <linux/inetdevice.h>
 #include <linux/unaligned.h>
 #include <net/ip6_checksum.h>
 #include <linux/configfs.h>
@@ -351,6 +352,35 @@ static void netconsole_skb_pool_flush(struct netconsole_target *nt)
 	skb_queue_purge_reason(&nt->skb_pool, SKB_CONSUMED);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Take the IPv4 from ndev and populate local_ip structure in netpoll
+ */
+static int netcons_take_ipv4(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device *ndev)
+{
+	char buf[MAC_ADDR_STR_LEN + 1];
+	const struct in_ifaddr *ifa;
+	struct in_device *in_dev;
+
+	in_dev = __in_dev_get_rtnl(ndev);
+	if (!in_dev) {
+		np_err(np, "no IP address for %s, aborting\n",
+		       egress_dev(np, buf, sizeof(buf)));
+		return -EDESTADDRREQ;
+	}
+
+	ifa = rtnl_dereference(in_dev->ifa_list);
+	if (!ifa) {
+		np_err(np, "no IP address for %s, aborting\n",
+		       egress_dev(np, buf, sizeof(buf)));
+		return -EDESTADDRREQ;
+	}
+
+	np->local_ip.ip = ifa->ifa_local;
+	np_info(np, "local IP %pI4\n", &np->local_ip.ip);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Test whether the caller left np->local_ip unset, so that
  * netcons_netpoll_setup() should auto-populate it from the egress device.
@@ -414,7 +444,7 @@ static int netcons_netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)
 
 	if (netcons_local_ip_unset(np)) {
 		if (!np->ipv6) {
-			err = netpoll_take_ipv4(np, ndev);
+			err = netcons_take_ipv4(np, ndev);
 			if (err)
 				goto put;
 		} else {
diff --git a/include/linux/netpoll.h b/include/linux/netpoll.h
index da05884f876e..e212cb86a942 100644
--- a/include/linux/netpoll.h
+++ b/include/linux/netpoll.h
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ void netpoll_zap_completion_queue(void);
 unsigned int netpoll_get_carrier_timeout(void);
 void netpoll_wait_carrier(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device *ndev);
 char *egress_dev(struct netpoll *np, char *buf, size_t bufsz);
-int netpoll_take_ipv4(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device *ndev);
 int netpoll_take_ipv6(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device *ndev);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NETPOLL
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index f4b110cb0416..60c3faf9ea94 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -466,36 +466,6 @@ int netpoll_take_ipv6(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device *ndev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(netpoll_take_ipv6);
 
-/*
- * Take the IPv4 from ndev and populate local_ip structure in netpoll
- */
-int netpoll_take_ipv4(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device *ndev)
-{
-	char buf[MAC_ADDR_STR_LEN + 1];
-	const struct in_ifaddr *ifa;
-	struct in_device *in_dev;
-
-	in_dev = __in_dev_get_rtnl(ndev);
-	if (!in_dev) {
-		np_err(np, "no IP address for %s, aborting\n",
-		       egress_dev(np, buf, sizeof(buf)));
-		return -EDESTADDRREQ;
-	}
-
-	ifa = rtnl_dereference(in_dev->ifa_list);
-	if (!ifa) {
-		np_err(np, "no IP address for %s, aborting\n",
-		       egress_dev(np, buf, sizeof(buf)));
-		return -EDESTADDRREQ;
-	}
-
-	np->local_ip.ip = ifa->ifa_local;
-	np_info(np, "local IP %pI4\n", &np->local_ip.ip);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(netpoll_take_ipv4);
-
 static void rcu_cleanup_netpoll_info(struct rcu_head *rcu_head)
 {
 	struct netpoll_info *npinfo =