diff --git a/src/core/NetworkManagerUtils.c b/src/core/NetworkManagerUtils.c
index 6f4c60f876..5744a87e2c 100644
--- a/src/core/NetworkManagerUtils.c
+++ b/src/core/NetworkManagerUtils.c
@@ -918,17 +918,7 @@ nm_match_spec_device_by_pllink(const NMPlatformLink *pllink,
                              NULL,
                              NULL,
                              match_dhcp_plugin);
-
-    switch (m) {
-    case NM_MATCH_SPEC_MATCH:
-        return TRUE;
-    case NM_MATCH_SPEC_NEG_MATCH:
-        return FALSE;
-    case NM_MATCH_SPEC_NO_MATCH:
-        return no_match_value;
-    }
-    nm_assert_not_reached();
-    return no_match_value;
+    return nm_match_spec_match_type_to_bool(m, no_match_value);
 }
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/core/NetworkManagerUtils.h b/src/core/NetworkManagerUtils.h
index 67c9cba471..676215f38c 100644
--- a/src/core/NetworkManagerUtils.h
+++ b/src/core/NetworkManagerUtils.h
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ NMConnection *nm_utils_match_connection(NMConnection *const   *connections,
                                         NMUtilsMatchFilterFunc match_filter_func,
                                         gpointer               match_filter_data);
 
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
 int nm_match_spec_device_by_pllink(const NMPlatformLink *pllink,
                                    const char           *match_device_type,
                                    const char           *match_dhcp_plugin,
diff --git a/src/core/devices/nm-device.c b/src/core/devices/nm-device.c
index dab79457ff..5d18289b52 100644
--- a/src/core/devices/nm-device.c
+++ b/src/core/devices/nm-device.c
@@ -17059,16 +17059,7 @@ nm_device_spec_match_list_full(NMDevice *self, const GSList *specs, int no_match
                              klass->get_s390_subchannels ? klass->get_s390_subchannels(self) : NULL,
                              nm_dhcp_manager_get_config(nm_dhcp_manager_get()));
 
-    switch (m) {
-    case NM_MATCH_SPEC_MATCH:
-        return TRUE;
-    case NM_MATCH_SPEC_NEG_MATCH:
-        return FALSE;
-    case NM_MATCH_SPEC_NO_MATCH:
-        return no_match_value;
-    }
-    nm_assert_not_reached();
-    return no_match_value;
+    return nm_match_spec_match_type_to_bool(m, no_match_value);
 }
 
 guint
diff --git a/src/core/nm-core-utils.c b/src/core/nm-core-utils.c
index 28d9a788d6..7bba770f84 100644
--- a/src/core/nm-core-utils.c
+++ b/src/core/nm-core-utils.c
@@ -1484,6 +1484,20 @@ nm_match_spec_device(const GSList *specs,
     return _match_result(has_except, has_not_except, has_match, has_match_except);
 }
 
+int
+nm_match_spec_match_type_to_bool(NMMatchSpecMatchType m, int no_match_value)
+{
+    switch (m) {
+    case NM_MATCH_SPEC_MATCH:
+        return TRUE;
+    case NM_MATCH_SPEC_NEG_MATCH:
+        return FALSE;
+    case NM_MATCH_SPEC_NO_MATCH:
+        return no_match_value;
+    }
+    return nm_assert_unreachable_val(no_match_value);
+}
+
 typedef struct {
     const char *uuid;
     const char *id;
diff --git a/src/core/nm-core-utils.h b/src/core/nm-core-utils.h
index bc93649630..a57786479f 100644
--- a/src/core/nm-core-utils.h
+++ b/src/core/nm-core-utils.h
@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ typedef enum {
     NM_MATCH_SPEC_NEG_MATCH = 2,
 } NMMatchSpecMatchType;
 
+int nm_match_spec_match_type_to_bool(NMMatchSpecMatchType m, int no_match_value);
+
 NMMatchSpecMatchType nm_match_spec_device(const GSList *specs,
                                           const char   *interface_name,
                                           const char   *device_type,