diff --git a/datapath/linux/compat/include/net/ip_tunnels.h b/datapath/linux/compat/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
index 185d7e9853f..7083372b396 100644
--- a/datapath/linux/compat/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
+++ b/datapath/linux/compat/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
@@ -304,5 +304,8 @@ void rpl_ip_tunnel_setup(struct net_device *dev, int net_id);
 
 #define ip_tunnel_get_iflink rpl_ip_tunnel_get_iflink
 int rpl_ip_tunnel_get_iflink(const struct net_device *dev);
+
+#define ip_tunnel_get_link_net rpl_ip_tunnel_get_link_net
+struct net *rpl_ip_tunnel_get_link_net(const struct net_device *dev);
 #endif /* HAVE_METADATA_DST */
 #endif /* __NET_IP_TUNNELS_H */
diff --git a/datapath/linux/compat/ip_tunnel.c b/datapath/linux/compat/ip_tunnel.c
index db0cb8ef026..2d4070eccb0 100644
--- a/datapath/linux/compat/ip_tunnel.c
+++ b/datapath/linux/compat/ip_tunnel.c
@@ -290,4 +290,11 @@ int rpl_ip_tunnel_get_iflink(const struct net_device *dev)
 	return tunnel->parms.link;
 }
 
+struct net *rpl_ip_tunnel_get_link_net(const struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	struct ip_tunnel *tunnel = netdev_priv(dev);
+
+	return tunnel->net;
+}
+
 #endif