diff --git a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipahal/ipahal_nat.c b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipahal/ipahal_nat.c
index 016b4f35edfd..d72334e5ad08 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipahal/ipahal_nat.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipahal/ipahal_nat.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2017-2018 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+/* Copyright (c) 2017-2019, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 #define IPA_64_LOW_32_MASK (0xFFFFFFFF)
 #define IPA_64_HIGH_32_MASK (0xFFFFFFFF00000000ULL)
-#define IPAHAL_NAT_INVALID_PROTOCOL (0xFF)
 
 static const char *ipahal_nat_type_to_str[IPA_NAT_MAX] = {
 	__stringify(IPAHAL_NAT_IPV4),
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/msm_ipa.h b/include/uapi/linux/msm_ipa.h
index 798a41c28cff..c3e0dae36635 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/msm_ipa.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/msm_ipa.h
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@
  */
 #define IPA_DFLT_RT_TBL_NAME "ipa_dflt_rt"
 
+/**
+ * name for default value of invalid protocol of NAT
+ */
+#define IPAHAL_NAT_INVALID_PROTOCOL   0xFF
+
 /**
  * commands supported by IPA driver
  */