diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/engleder/tsnep_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/engleder/tsnep_main.c
index 84751bb303a6..6222aaa5157f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/engleder/tsnep_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/engleder/tsnep_main.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/iopoll.h>
 #include <linux/bpf.h>
 #include <linux/bpf_trace.h>
+#include <net/page_pool.h>
 #include <net/xdp_sock_drv.h>
 
 #define TSNEP_RX_OFFSET (max(NET_SKB_PAD, XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM) + NET_IP_ALIGN)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
index 1b990a486059..cfc07f012254 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <linux/in.h>
 #include <linux/ip.h>
 #include <net/ip.h>
+#include <net/page_pool.h>
 #include <net/selftests.h>
 #include <net/tso.h>
 #include <linux/tcp.h>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
index a5d03583bf79..d17a0ebc9036 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
+#include <net/page_pool.h>
 #include <net/tso.h>
 #include <linux/bitfield.h>
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c
index fe8ea4e531b7..7eca434a0550 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/bpf.h>
 #include <linux/bpf_trace.h>
 #include <linux/bitfield.h>
+#include <net/page_pool.h>
 
 #include "otx2_reg.h"
 #include "otx2_common.h"
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/params.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/params.c
index 5ce28ff7685f..0f152f14165b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/params.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/params.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "en/port.h"
 #include "en_accel/en_accel.h"
 #include "en_accel/ipsec.h"
+#include <net/page_pool.h>
 #include <net/xdp_sock_drv.h>
 
 static u8 mlx5e_mpwrq_min_page_shift(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.c
index 40589cebb773..16038c23b7d8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "en/xdp.h"
 #include "en/params.h"
 #include <linux/bitfield.h>
+#include <net/page_pool.h>
 
 int mlx5e_xdp_max_mtu(struct mlx5e_params *params, struct mlx5e_xsk_param *xsk)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76.h b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76.h
index 6b07b8fafec2..95c16f11d156 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/average.h>
 #include <linux/soc/mediatek/mtk_wed.h>
 #include <net/mac80211.h>
+#include <net/page_pool.h>
 #include "util.h"
 #include "testmode.h"
 
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 91ed66952580..f76d172ed262 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include <linux/if_packet.h>
 #include <linux/llist.h>
 #include <net/flow.h>
-#include <net/page_pool.h>
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK)
 #include <linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_common.h>
 #endif
@@ -3423,6 +3422,8 @@ static inline void skb_frag_ref(struct sk_buff *skb, int f)
 	__skb_frag_ref(&skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[f]);
 }
 
+bool page_pool_return_skb_page(struct page *page, bool napi_safe);
+
 static inline void
 napi_frag_unref(skb_frag_t *frag, bool recycle, bool napi_safe)
 {
diff --git a/include/net/page_pool.h b/include/net/page_pool.h
index 2b7db9992fc0..829dc1f8ba6b 100644
--- a/include/net/page_pool.h
+++ b/include/net/page_pool.h
@@ -307,8 +307,6 @@ inline enum dma_data_direction page_pool_get_dma_dir(struct page_pool *pool)
 	return pool->p.dma_dir;
 }
 
-bool page_pool_return_skb_page(struct page *page, bool napi_safe);
-
 struct page_pool *page_pool_create(const struct page_pool_params *params);
 
 struct xdp_mem_info;
diff --git a/net/core/page_pool.c b/net/core/page_pool.c
index 985ccaffc06a..09d76e37ac69 100644
--- a/net/core/page_pool.c
+++ b/net/core/page_pool.c
@@ -913,42 +913,3 @@ void page_pool_update_nid(struct page_pool *pool, int new_nid)
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_pool_update_nid);
-
-bool page_pool_return_skb_page(struct page *page, bool napi_safe)
-{
-	struct napi_struct *napi;
-	struct page_pool *pp;
-	bool allow_direct;
-
-	page = compound_head(page);
-
-	/* page->pp_magic is OR'ed with PP_SIGNATURE after the allocation
-	 * in order to preserve any existing bits, such as bit 0 for the
-	 * head page of compound page and bit 1 for pfmemalloc page, so
-	 * mask those bits for freeing side when doing below checking,
-	 * and page_is_pfmemalloc() is checked in __page_pool_put_page()
-	 * to avoid recycling the pfmemalloc page.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely((page->pp_magic & ~0x3UL) != PP_SIGNATURE))
-		return false;
-
-	pp = page->pp;
-
-	/* Allow direct recycle if we have reasons to believe that we are
-	 * in the same context as the consumer would run, so there's
-	 * no possible race.
-	 */
-	napi = READ_ONCE(pp->p.napi);
-	allow_direct = napi_safe && napi &&
-		READ_ONCE(napi->list_owner) == smp_processor_id();
-
-	/* Driver set this to memory recycling info. Reset it on recycle.
-	 * This will *not* work for NIC using a split-page memory model.
-	 * The page will be returned to the pool here regardless of the
-	 * 'flipped' fragment being in use or not.
-	 */
-	page_pool_put_full_page(pp, page, allow_direct);
-
-	return true;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_pool_return_skb_page);
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index ea9c09b4b927..4de280c454e4 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -879,6 +879,45 @@ static void skb_clone_fraglist(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		skb_get(list);
 }
 
+bool page_pool_return_skb_page(struct page *page, bool napi_safe)
+{
+	struct napi_struct *napi;
+	struct page_pool *pp;
+	bool allow_direct;
+
+	page = compound_head(page);
+
+	/* page->pp_magic is OR'ed with PP_SIGNATURE after the allocation
+	 * in order to preserve any existing bits, such as bit 0 for the
+	 * head page of compound page and bit 1 for pfmemalloc page, so
+	 * mask those bits for freeing side when doing below checking,
+	 * and page_is_pfmemalloc() is checked in __page_pool_put_page()
+	 * to avoid recycling the pfmemalloc page.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely((page->pp_magic & ~0x3UL) != PP_SIGNATURE))
+		return false;
+
+	pp = page->pp;
+
+	/* Allow direct recycle if we have reasons to believe that we are
+	 * in the same context as the consumer would run, so there's
+	 * no possible race.
+	 */
+	napi = READ_ONCE(pp->p.napi);
+	allow_direct = napi_safe && napi &&
+		READ_ONCE(napi->list_owner) == smp_processor_id();
+
+	/* Driver set this to memory recycling info. Reset it on recycle.
+	 * This will *not* work for NIC using a split-page memory model.
+	 * The page will be returned to the pool here regardless of the
+	 * 'flipped' fragment being in use or not.
+	 */
+	page_pool_put_full_page(pp, page, allow_direct);
+
+	return true;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_pool_return_skb_page);
+
 static bool skb_pp_recycle(struct sk_buff *skb, void *data, bool napi_safe)
 {
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PAGE_POOL) || !skb->pp_recycle)
