diff --git a/net/bpfilter/bpfilter_kern.c b/net/bpfilter/bpfilter_kern.c
index c0f0990f30b6..1905e01c3aa9 100644
--- a/net/bpfilter/bpfilter_kern.c
+++ b/net/bpfilter/bpfilter_kern.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static int __bpfilter_process_sockopt(struct sock *sk, int optname,
 	req.len = optlen;
 	if (!bpfilter_ops.info.pid)
 		goto out;
-	n = __kernel_write(bpfilter_ops.info.pipe_to_umh, &req, sizeof(req),
+	n = kernel_write(bpfilter_ops.info.pipe_to_umh, &req, sizeof(req),
 			   &pos);
 	if (n != sizeof(req)) {
 		pr_err("write fail %zd\n", n);