diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 0aa844aa..acc1181 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4466,6 +4466,16 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_master_upper_dev_get);
 
+void *netdev_adjacent_get_private(struct list_head *adj_list)
+{
+	struct netdev_adjacent *adj;
+
+	adj = list_entry(adj_list, struct netdev_adjacent, list);
+
+	return adj->private;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_adjacent_get_private);
+
 /**
  * netdev_all_upper_get_next_dev_rcu - Get the next dev from upper list
  * @dev: device