diff --git a/include/net/ipv6.h b/include/net/ipv6.h
index 35e9dd2d18ba..9596aa93d6ef 100644
--- a/include/net/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/ipv6.h
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ int ipv6_flowlabel_opt_get(struct sock *sk, struct in6_flowlabel_req *freq,
 			   int flags);
 int ip6_flowlabel_init(void);
 void ip6_flowlabel_cleanup(void);
+bool ip6_autoflowlabel(struct net *net, const struct ipv6_pinfo *np);
 
 static inline void fl6_sock_release(struct ip6_flowlabel *fl)
 {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 688ba5f7516b..08446e0ca411 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ int ip6_output(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 			    !(IP6CB(skb)->flags & IP6SKB_REROUTED));
 }
 
-static bool ip6_autoflowlabel(struct net *net, const struct ipv6_pinfo *np)
+bool ip6_autoflowlabel(struct net *net, const struct ipv6_pinfo *np)
 {
 	if (!np->autoflowlabel_set)
 		return ip6_default_np_autolabel(net);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
index 90dbfa78a390..3b251760cb8c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ static int do_ipv6_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 		break;
 
 	case IPV6_AUTOFLOWLABEL:
-		val = np->autoflowlabel;
+		val = ip6_autoflowlabel(sock_net(sk), np);
 		break;
 
 	case IPV6_RECVFRAGSIZE: