diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index d0c2c2fa7587..578cccf275d3 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -294,6 +294,8 @@ extern int			tcp_rcv_established(struct sock *sk,
 
 extern void			tcp_rcv_space_adjust(struct sock *sk);
 
+extern void			tcp_cleanup_rbuf(struct sock *sk, int copied);
+
 extern int			tcp_twsk_unique(struct sock *sk,
 						struct sock *sktw, void *twp);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index e2b7b8055037..1c0cfd7a8bbb 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ static int tcp_recv_urg(struct sock *sk, long timeo,
  * calculation of whether or not we must ACK for the sake of
  * a window update.
  */
-static void cleanup_rbuf(struct sock *sk, int copied)
+void tcp_cleanup_rbuf(struct sock *sk, int copied)
 {
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 	int time_to_ack = 0;
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ int tcp_read_sock(struct sock *sk, read_descriptor_t *desc,
 
 	/* Clean up data we have read: This will do ACK frames. */
 	if (copied)
-		cleanup_rbuf(sk, copied);
+		tcp_cleanup_rbuf(sk, copied);
 	return copied;
 }
 
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ int tcp_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
 			}
 		}
 
-		cleanup_rbuf(sk, copied);
+		tcp_cleanup_rbuf(sk, copied);
 
 		if (!sysctl_tcp_low_latency && tp->ucopy.task == user_recv) {
 			/* Install new reader */
@@ -1391,7 +1391,7 @@ int tcp_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
 	 */
 
 	/* Clean up data we have read: This will do ACK frames. */
-	cleanup_rbuf(sk, copied);
+	tcp_cleanup_rbuf(sk, copied);
 
 	TCP_CHECK_TIMER(sk);
 	release_sock(sk);
@@ -1858,7 +1858,7 @@ static int do_tcp_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level,
 			    (TCPF_ESTABLISHED | TCPF_CLOSE_WAIT) &&
 			    inet_csk_ack_scheduled(sk)) {
 				icsk->icsk_ack.pending |= ICSK_ACK_PUSHED;
-				cleanup_rbuf(sk, 1);
+				tcp_cleanup_rbuf(sk, 1);
 				if (!(val & 1))
 					icsk->icsk_ack.pingpong = 1;
 			}