diff --git a/include/net/tso.h b/include/net/tso.h
index 62c98a9c60f15d7b4869f1ab523dfeb83fb18ba6..e7e157ae0526c8d655aca67a8a49191ec870746b 100644
--- a/include/net/tso.h
+++ b/include/net/tso.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #ifndef _TSO_H
 #define _TSO_H
 
+#include <linux/skbuff.h>
 #include <net/ip.h>
 
 #define TSO_HEADER_SIZE		256
@@ -16,7 +17,12 @@ struct tso_t {
 	u32	tcp_seq;
 };
 
-int tso_count_descs(const struct sk_buff *skb);
+/* Calculate the worst case buffer count */
+static inline int tso_count_descs(const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	return skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_segs * 2 + skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
+}
+
 void tso_build_hdr(const struct sk_buff *skb, char *hdr, struct tso_t *tso,
 		   int size, bool is_last);
 void tso_build_data(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct tso_t *tso, int size);
diff --git a/net/core/tso.c b/net/core/tso.c
index 4148f6d48953e1e1ebd878c3953f3e41d47832d9..e00796e3b146a506cb2c37d0d77ca1a6e2548d32 100644
--- a/net/core/tso.c
+++ b/net/core/tso.c
@@ -5,14 +5,6 @@
 #include <net/tso.h>
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 
-/* Calculate expected number of TX descriptors */
-int tso_count_descs(const struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	/* The Marvell Way */
-	return skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_segs * 2 + skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(tso_count_descs);
-
 void tso_build_hdr(const struct sk_buff *skb, char *hdr, struct tso_t *tso,
 		   int size, bool is_last)
 {