diff --git a/include/net/pkt_sched.h b/include/net/pkt_sched.h
index cd334c9584e9..f1b76b8e6d2d 100644
--- a/include/net/pkt_sched.h
+++ b/include/net/pkt_sched.h
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
 #include <net/sch_generic.h>
 
+#define DEFAULT_TX_QUEUE_LEN	1000
+
 struct qdisc_walker {
 	int	stop;
 	int	skip;
diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c
index d9e2fe1da724..8c5a479681ca 100644
--- a/net/ethernet/eth.c
+++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include <net/dsa.h>
 #include <net/flow_dissector.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <net/pkt_sched.h>
 
 __setup("ether=", netdev_boot_setup);
 
@@ -359,7 +360,7 @@ void ether_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev->min_mtu		= ETH_MIN_MTU;
 	dev->max_mtu		= ETH_DATA_LEN;
 	dev->addr_len		= ETH_ALEN;
-	dev->tx_queue_len	= 1000;	/* Ethernet wants good queues */
+	dev->tx_queue_len	= DEFAULT_TX_QUEUE_LEN;
 	dev->flags		= IFF_BROADCAST|IFF_MULTICAST;
 	dev->priv_flags		|= IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING;