diff --git a/include/linux/inetdevice.h b/include/linux/inetdevice.h
index 53aa0343bf69..67e042932681 100644
--- a/include/linux/inetdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/inetdevice.h
@@ -178,6 +178,15 @@ static inline struct net_device *ip_dev_find(struct net *net, __be32 addr)
 
 int inet_addr_onlink(struct in_device *in_dev, __be32 a, __be32 b);
 int devinet_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd, struct ifreq *);
+#ifdef CONFIG_INET
+int inet_gifconf(struct net_device *dev, char __user *buf, int len, int size);
+#else
+static inline int inet_gifconf(struct net_device *dev, char __user *buf,
+			       int len, int size)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
 void devinet_init(void);
 struct in_device *inetdev_by_index(struct net *, int);
 __be32 inet_select_addr(const struct net_device *dev, __be32 dst, int scope);
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 42f6f866d5f3..6630a9f0b0f0 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -3289,14 +3289,6 @@ static inline bool dev_has_header(const struct net_device *dev)
 	return dev->header_ops && dev->header_ops->create;
 }
 
-typedef int gifconf_func_t(struct net_device * dev, char __user * bufptr,
-			   int len, int size);
-int register_gifconf(unsigned int family, gifconf_func_t *gifconf);
-static inline int unregister_gifconf(unsigned int family)
-{
-	return register_gifconf(family, NULL);
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_FLOW_LIMIT
 #define FLOW_LIMIT_HISTORY	(1 << 7)  /* must be ^2 and !overflow buckets */
 struct sd_flow_limit {
diff --git a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
index 62f45da7ecfe..c22c3dc15ce9 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <linux/kmod.h>
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/inetdevice.h>
 #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
 #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
 #include <linux/net_tstamp.h>
@@ -25,26 +26,6 @@ static int dev_ifname(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr)
 	return netdev_get_name(net, ifr->ifr_name, ifr->ifr_ifindex);
 }
 
-static gifconf_func_t *gifconf_list[NPROTO];
-
-/**
- *	register_gifconf	-	register a SIOCGIF handler
- *	@family: Address family
- *	@gifconf: Function handler
- *
- *	Register protocol dependent address dumping routines. The handler
- *	that is passed must not be freed or reused until it has been replaced
- *	by another handler.
- */
-int register_gifconf(unsigned int family, gifconf_func_t *gifconf)
-{
-	if (family >= NPROTO)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	gifconf_list[family] = gifconf;
-	return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_gifconf);
-
 /*
  *	Perform a SIOCGIFCONF call. This structure will change
  *	size eventually, and there is nothing I can do about it.
@@ -72,19 +53,15 @@ int dev_ifconf(struct net *net, struct ifconf *ifc, int size)
 
 	total = 0;
 	for_each_netdev(net, dev) {
-		for (i = 0; i < NPROTO; i++) {
-			if (gifconf_list[i]) {
-				int done;
-				if (!pos)
-					done = gifconf_list[i](dev, NULL, 0, size);
-				else
-					done = gifconf_list[i](dev, pos + total,
-							       len - total, size);
-				if (done < 0)
-					return -EFAULT;
-				total += done;
-			}
-		}
+		int done;
+		if (!pos)
+			done = inet_gifconf(dev, NULL, 0, size);
+		else
+			done = inet_gifconf(dev, pos + total,
+					    len - total, size);
+		if (done < 0)
+			return -EFAULT;
+		total += done;
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 94b648d9eaff..c82aded8da7d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int inet_gifconf(struct net_device *dev, char __user *buf, int len, int size)
+int inet_gifconf(struct net_device *dev, char __user *buf, int len, int size)
 {
 	struct in_device *in_dev = __in_dev_get_rtnl(dev);
 	const struct in_ifaddr *ifa;
@@ -2766,8 +2766,6 @@ void __init devinet_init(void)
 		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&inet_addr_lst[i]);
 
 	register_pernet_subsys(&devinet_ops);
-
-	register_gifconf(PF_INET, inet_gifconf);
 	register_netdevice_notifier(&ip_netdev_notifier);
 
 	queue_delayed_work(system_power_efficient_wq, &check_lifetime_work, 0);