diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 2b39235b9f13..fa57915f440c 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -2559,10 +2559,6 @@ static inline void netif_tx_wake_all_queues(struct net_device *dev)
 
 static inline void netif_tx_stop_queue(struct netdev_queue *dev_queue)
 {
-	if (WARN_ON(!dev_queue)) {
-		pr_info("netif_stop_queue() cannot be called before register_netdev()\n");
-		return;
-	}
 	set_bit(__QUEUE_STATE_DRV_XOFF, &dev_queue->state);
 }
 
@@ -2578,15 +2574,7 @@ static inline void netif_stop_queue(struct net_device *dev)
 	netif_tx_stop_queue(netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, 0));
 }
 
-static inline void netif_tx_stop_all_queues(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	unsigned int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < dev->num_tx_queues; i++) {
-		struct netdev_queue *txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, i);
-		netif_tx_stop_queue(txq);
-	}
-}
+void netif_tx_stop_all_queues(struct net_device *dev);
 
 static inline bool netif_tx_queue_stopped(const struct netdev_queue *dev_queue)
 {
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index e5f77c40bbd1..fd012bbe0486 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -6301,6 +6301,17 @@ static int netif_alloc_netdev_queues(struct net_device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void netif_tx_stop_all_queues(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < dev->num_tx_queues; i++) {
+		struct netdev_queue *txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, i);
+		netif_tx_stop_queue(txq);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_tx_stop_all_queues);
+
 /**
  *	register_netdevice	- register a network device
  *	@dev: device to register