diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index a993cbeb9e0c..5763503fe4e6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ config MACVTAP
 	tristate "MAC-VLAN based tap driver"
 	depends on MACVLAN
 	depends on INET
+	select TAP
 	help
 	  This adds a specialized tap character device driver that is based
 	  on the MAC-VLAN network interface, called macvtap. A macvtap device
@@ -287,6 +288,12 @@ config TUN
 
 	  If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it.
 
+config TAP
+	tristate
+	---help---
+	  This option is selected by any driver implementing tap user space
+	  interface for a virtual interface to re-use core tap functionality.
+
 config TUN_VNET_CROSS_LE
 	bool "Support for cross-endian vnet headers on little-endian kernels"
 	default n
diff --git a/drivers/net/Makefile b/drivers/net/Makefile
index 19b03a9fe0f6..7dd86ca02d0d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PHYLIB) += phy/
 obj-$(CONFIG_RIONET) += rionet.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NET_TEAM) += team/
 obj-$(CONFIG_TUN) += tun.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_TAP) += tap.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_VETH) += veth.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET) += virtio_net.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_VXLAN) += vxlan.o
@@ -29,8 +30,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_GTP) += gtp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NLMON) += nlmon.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NET_VRF) += vrf.o
 
-macvtap-objs := macvtap_main.o tap.o
-
 #
 # Networking Drivers
 #
diff --git a/drivers/net/macvtap_main.c b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/net/macvtap_main.c
rename to drivers/net/macvtap.c
diff --git a/drivers/net/tap.c b/drivers/net/tap.c
index 71bbf0b6327d..35b55a2fa1a1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tap.c
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ void tap_del_queues(struct tap_dev *tap)
 	/* guarantee that any future tap_set_queue will fail */
 	tap->numvtaps = MAX_TAP_QUEUES;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tap_del_queues);
 
 rx_handler_result_t tap_handle_frame(struct sk_buff **pskb)
 {
@@ -389,6 +390,7 @@ rx_handler_result_t tap_handle_frame(struct sk_buff **pskb)
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 	return RX_HANDLER_CONSUMED;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tap_handle_frame);
 
 static struct major_info *tap_get_major(int major)
 {
@@ -428,6 +430,7 @@ int tap_get_minor(dev_t major, struct tap_dev *tap)
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return retval < 0 ? retval : 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tap_get_minor);
 
 void tap_free_minor(dev_t major, struct tap_dev *tap)
 {
@@ -449,6 +452,7 @@ void tap_free_minor(dev_t major, struct tap_dev *tap)
 unlock:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tap_free_minor);
 
 static struct tap_dev *dev_get_by_tap_file(int major, int minor)
 {
@@ -1210,6 +1214,7 @@ int tap_queue_resize(struct tap_dev *tap)
 	kfree(arrays);
 	return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tap_queue_resize);
 
 static int tap_list_add(dev_t major, const char *device_name)
 {
@@ -1257,6 +1262,7 @@ int tap_create_cdev(struct cdev *tap_cdev,
 out1:
 	return err;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tap_create_cdev);
 
 void tap_destroy_cdev(dev_t major, struct cdev *tap_cdev)
 {
@@ -1272,3 +1278,8 @@ void tap_destroy_cdev(dev_t major, struct cdev *tap_cdev)
 		}
 	}
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tap_destroy_cdev);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Sainath Grandhi <sainath.grandhi@intel.com>");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/Kconfig b/drivers/vhost/Kconfig
index 40764ecad9ce..cfdecea5078f 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/vhost/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 config VHOST_NET
 	tristate "Host kernel accelerator for virtio net"
-	depends on NET && EVENTFD && (TUN || !TUN) && (MACVTAP || !MACVTAP)
+	depends on NET && EVENTFD && (TUN || !TUN) && (TAP || !TAP)
 	select VHOST
 	---help---
 	  This kernel module can be loaded in host kernel to accelerate
diff --git a/include/linux/if_tap.h b/include/linux/if_tap.h
index 362e71c16efb..3482c3c2037d 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_tap.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_tap.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_IF_TAP_H_
 #define _LINUX_IF_TAP_H_
 
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MACVTAP)
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TAP)
 struct socket *tap_get_socket(struct file *);
 #else
 #include <linux/err.h>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ static inline struct socket *tap_get_socket(struct file *f)
 {
 	return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_MACVTAP */
+#endif /* CONFIG_TAP */
 
 #include <net/sock.h>
 #include <linux/skb_array.h>