diff --git a/include/net/ip_tunnels.h b/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
index 4b6f0b28f41f..09b1360e10bf 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ struct ip_tunnel_net {
 int ip_tunnel_init(struct net_device *dev);
 void ip_tunnel_uninit(struct net_device *dev);
 void  ip_tunnel_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head);
-int __net_init ip_tunnel_init_net(struct net *net, int ip_tnl_net_id,
-				  struct rtnl_link_ops *ops, char *devname);
+int ip_tunnel_init_net(struct net *net, int ip_tnl_net_id,
+		       struct rtnl_link_ops *ops, char *devname);
 
-void __net_exit ip_tunnel_delete_net(struct ip_tunnel_net *itn);
+void ip_tunnel_delete_net(struct ip_tunnel_net *itn);
 
 void ip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 		    const struct iphdr *tnl_params);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
index be2f8da0ae8e..7fa8f08fa7ae 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ void ip_tunnel_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ip_tunnel_dellink);
 
-int __net_init ip_tunnel_init_net(struct net *net, int ip_tnl_net_id,
+int ip_tunnel_init_net(struct net *net, int ip_tnl_net_id,
 				  struct rtnl_link_ops *ops, char *devname)
 {
 	struct ip_tunnel_net *itn = net_generic(net, ip_tnl_net_id);
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ static void ip_tunnel_destroy(struct ip_tunnel_net *itn, struct list_head *head)
 		unregister_netdevice_queue(itn->fb_tunnel_dev, head);
 }
 
-void __net_exit ip_tunnel_delete_net(struct ip_tunnel_net *itn)
+void ip_tunnel_delete_net(struct ip_tunnel_net *itn)
 {
 	LIST_HEAD(list);