diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-setting-private.h b/libnm-core/nm-setting-private.h
index efbfc274bc..8ae2768e8e 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-setting-private.h
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-setting-private.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
 NMSettingPriority _nm_setting_get_base_type_priority(NMSetting *setting);
-NMSettingPriority _nm_setting_type_get_base_type_priority(GType type);
 int               _nm_setting_compare_priority(gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b);
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-setting.c b/libnm-core/nm-setting.c
index 38b56660cf..e3dd45f1cb 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-setting.c
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-setting.c
@@ -57,26 +57,6 @@ static GenData *_gendata_hash(NMSetting *setting, gboolean create_if_necessary);
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
-static NMSettingPriority
-_get_base_type_priority(const NMMetaSettingInfo *setting_info, GType gtype)
-{
-    /* Historical oddity: PPPoE is a base-type even though it's not
-     * priority 1.  It needs to be sorted *after* lower-level stuff like
-     * Wi-Fi security or 802.1x for secrets, but it's still allowed as a
-     * base type.
-     */
-
-    if (setting_info) {
-        if (NM_IN_SET(setting_info->setting_priority,
-                      NM_SETTING_PRIORITY_HW_BASE,
-                      NM_SETTING_PRIORITY_HW_NON_BASE)
-            || gtype == NM_TYPE_SETTING_PPPOE)
-            return setting_info->setting_priority;
-    }
-
-    return NM_SETTING_PRIORITY_INVALID;
-}
-
 NMSettingPriority
 _nm_setting_get_setting_priority(NMSetting *setting)
 {
@@ -88,19 +68,13 @@ _nm_setting_get_setting_priority(NMSetting *setting)
     return setting_info ? setting_info->setting_priority : NM_SETTING_PRIORITY_INVALID;
 }
 
-NMSettingPriority
-_nm_setting_type_get_base_type_priority(GType type)
-{
-    return _get_base_type_priority(nm_meta_setting_infos_by_gtype(type), type);
-}
-
 NMSettingPriority
 _nm_setting_get_base_type_priority(NMSetting *setting)
 {
     g_return_val_if_fail(NM_IS_SETTING(setting), NM_SETTING_PRIORITY_INVALID);
 
-    return _get_base_type_priority(NM_SETTING_GET_CLASS(setting)->setting_info,
-                                   G_OBJECT_TYPE(setting));
+    return nm_meta_setting_info_get_base_type_priority(NM_SETTING_GET_CLASS(setting)->setting_info,
+                                                       G_OBJECT_TYPE(setting));
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/shared/nm-meta-setting.c b/shared/nm-meta-setting.c
index c137e6208c..aa779bfaef 100644
--- a/shared/nm-meta-setting.c
+++ b/shared/nm-meta-setting.c
@@ -606,3 +606,31 @@ out_none:
 }
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
+
+NMSettingPriority
+nm_meta_setting_info_get_base_type_priority(const NMMetaSettingInfo *setting_info, GType gtype)
+{
+    /* Historical oddity: PPPoE is a base-type even though it's not
+     * priority 1.  It needs to be sorted *after* lower-level stuff like
+     * Wi-Fi security or 802.1x for secrets, but it's still allowed as a
+     * base type.
+     */
+
+    if (setting_info) {
+        if (NM_IN_SET(setting_info->setting_priority,
+                      NM_SETTING_PRIORITY_HW_BASE,
+                      NM_SETTING_PRIORITY_HW_NON_BASE)
+            || gtype == NM_TYPE_SETTING_PPPOE)
+            return setting_info->setting_priority;
+    }
+
+    return NM_SETTING_PRIORITY_INVALID;
+}
+
+NMSettingPriority
+_nm_setting_type_get_base_type_priority(GType type)
+{
+    return nm_meta_setting_info_get_base_type_priority(nm_meta_setting_infos_by_gtype(type), type);
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
diff --git a/shared/nm-meta-setting.h b/shared/nm-meta-setting.h
index c1023fb5ab..72c5cfd8a0 100644
--- a/shared/nm-meta-setting.h
+++ b/shared/nm-meta-setting.h
@@ -208,4 +208,8 @@ const NMMetaSettingInfo *nm_meta_setting_infos_by_gtype(GType gtype);
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
+NMSettingPriority nm_meta_setting_info_get_base_type_priority(const NMMetaSettingInfo *setting_info,
+                                                              GType                    gtype);
+NMSettingPriority _nm_setting_type_get_base_type_priority(GType type);
+
 #endif /* __NM_META_SETTING_H__ */