diff --git a/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-macros-internal.h b/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-macros-internal.h
index 39197ecf3a..f2d81e1ccf 100644
--- a/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-macros-internal.h
+++ b/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-macros-internal.h
@@ -121,14 +121,6 @@ _nm_auto_free_gstring(GString **str)
 }
 #define nm_auto_free_gstring nm_auto(_nm_auto_free_gstring)
 
-static inline void
-_nm_auto_protect_errno(const int *p_saved_errno)
-{
-    errno = *p_saved_errno;
-}
-#define NM_AUTO_PROTECT_ERRNO(errsv_saved) \
-    nm_auto(_nm_auto_protect_errno) _nm_unused const int errsv_saved = (errno)
-
 NM_AUTO_DEFINE_FCN0(GSource *, _nm_auto_unref_gsource, g_source_unref);
 #define nm_auto_unref_gsource nm_auto(_nm_auto_unref_gsource)
 
diff --git a/src/libnm-std-aux/nm-std-aux.h b/src/libnm-std-aux/nm-std-aux.h
index b153866fd8..4643adc01c 100644
--- a/src/libnm-std-aux/nm-std-aux.h
+++ b/src/libnm-std-aux/nm-std-aux.h
@@ -695,6 +695,14 @@ nm_close(int fd)
 NM_AUTO_DEFINE_FCN_VOID0(void *, _nm_auto_free_impl, free);
 #define nm_auto_free nm_auto(_nm_auto_free_impl)
 
+static inline void
+_nm_auto_protect_errno(const int *p_saved_errno)
+{
+    errno = *p_saved_errno;
+}
+#define NM_AUTO_PROTECT_ERRNO(errsv_saved) \
+    nm_auto(_nm_auto_protect_errno) _nm_unused const int errsv_saved = (errno)
+
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
 static inline void