diff --git a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
index cfaaf573cb..10d259cced 100644
--- a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
+++ b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
@@ -1435,6 +1435,14 @@ char *nm_utils_g_slist_strlist_join (const GSList *a, const char *separator);
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
+static inline guint
+nm_g_array_len (const GArray *arr)
+{
+	return arr ? arr->len : 0u;
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
 static inline guint
 nm_g_ptr_array_len (const GPtrArray *arr)
 {