diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h
index c54a7f707e50..d7338bfd7b0f 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ void flow_offload_refresh(struct nf_flowtable *flow_table,
 
 struct flow_offload_tuple_rhash *flow_offload_lookup(struct nf_flowtable *flow_table,
 						     struct flow_offload_tuple *tuple);
+void nf_flow_table_gc_cleanup(struct nf_flowtable *flowtable,
+			      struct net_device *dev);
 void nf_flow_table_cleanup(struct net_device *dev);
 
 int nf_flow_table_init(struct nf_flowtable *flow_table);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
index 42da6e337276..6a3034f84ab6 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_core.c
@@ -588,8 +588,8 @@ static void nf_flow_table_do_cleanup(struct flow_offload *flow, void *data)
 		flow_offload_teardown(flow);
 }
 
-static void nf_flow_table_iterate_cleanup(struct nf_flowtable *flowtable,
-					  struct net_device *dev)
+void nf_flow_table_gc_cleanup(struct nf_flowtable *flowtable,
+			      struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	nf_flow_table_iterate(flowtable, nf_flow_table_do_cleanup, dev);
 	flush_delayed_work(&flowtable->gc_work);
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ void nf_flow_table_cleanup(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	mutex_lock(&flowtable_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(flowtable, &flowtables, list)
-		nf_flow_table_iterate_cleanup(flowtable, dev);
+		nf_flow_table_gc_cleanup(flowtable, dev);
 	mutex_unlock(&flowtable_lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_flow_table_cleanup);