diff --git a/include/linux/genetlink.h b/include/linux/genetlink.h
index c285968e437a..9dbd7ba9b858 100644
--- a/include/linux/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/genetlink.h
@@ -4,15 +4,10 @@
 
 #include <uapi/linux/genetlink.h>
 
-
 /* All generic netlink requests are serialized by a global lock.  */
 extern void genl_lock(void);
 extern void genl_unlock(void);
 
-/* for synchronisation between af_netlink and genetlink */
-extern atomic_t genl_sk_destructing_cnt;
-extern wait_queue_head_t genl_sk_destructing_waitq;
-
 #define MODULE_ALIAS_GENL_FAMILY(family)\
  MODULE_ALIAS_NET_PF_PROTO_NAME(PF_NETLINK, NETLINK_GENERIC, "-family-" family)
 
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 7554803218a2..dc8c3c01d51b 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
 #include <linux/rhashtable.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
 #include <linux/hash.h>
-#include <linux/genetlink.h>
 #include <linux/net_namespace.h>
 #include <linux/nospec.h>
 #include <linux/btf_ids.h>
@@ -73,6 +72,7 @@
 #include <trace/events/netlink.h>
 
 #include "af_netlink.h"
+#include "genetlink.h"
 
 struct listeners {
 	struct rcu_head		rcu;
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index 3b7666944b11..feb54c63a116 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include <net/sock.h>
 #include <net/genetlink.h>
 
+#include "genetlink.h"
+
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(genl_mutex); /* serialization of message processing */
 static DECLARE_RWSEM(cb_lock);
 
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.h b/net/netlink/genetlink.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..89bd9d2631c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __NET_GENETLINK_H
+#define __NET_GENETLINK_H
+
+#include <linux/wait.h>
+
+/* for synchronisation between af_netlink and genetlink */
+extern atomic_t genl_sk_destructing_cnt;
+extern wait_queue_head_t genl_sk_destructing_waitq;
+
+#endif	/* __LINUX_GENERIC_NETLINK_H */