diff --git a/shared/nm-utils/nm-dedup-multi.c b/shared/nm-utils/nm-dedup-multi.c
index 6a276ae4f1..92dba89936 100644
--- a/shared/nm-utils/nm-dedup-multi.c
+++ b/shared/nm-utils/nm-dedup-multi.c
@@ -931,6 +931,34 @@ nm_dedup_multi_obj_clone (const NMDedupMultiObj *obj)
 	return o;
 }
 
+GPtrArray *
+nm_dedup_multi_objs_to_ptr_array_head (const NMDedupMultiHeadEntry *head_entry,
+                                       NMDedupMultiFcnSelectPredicate predicate,
+                                       gpointer user_data)
+{
+	GPtrArray *result;
+	NMDedupMultiIter iter;
+
+	if (!head_entry)
+		return NULL;
+
+	result = g_ptr_array_new_full (head_entry->len,
+	                               (GDestroyNotify) nm_dedup_multi_obj_unref);
+	nm_dedup_multi_iter_for_each (&iter, head_entry) {
+		const NMDedupMultiObj *obj = iter.current->obj;
+
+		if (   !predicate
+		    || predicate (obj, user_data))
+			g_ptr_array_add (result, (gpointer) nm_dedup_multi_obj_ref (obj));
+	}
+
+	if (result->len == 0) {
+		g_ptr_array_unref (result);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return result;
+}
+
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
 NMDedupMultiIndex *
diff --git a/shared/nm-utils/nm-dedup-multi.h b/shared/nm-utils/nm-dedup-multi.h
index 090cc743a0..77a2fd122d 100644
--- a/shared/nm-utils/nm-dedup-multi.h
+++ b/shared/nm-utils/nm-dedup-multi.h
@@ -360,6 +360,20 @@ nm_dedup_multi_iter_rewind (NMDedupMultiIter *iter)
 	nm_dedup_multi_iter_init (iter, iter->head);
 }
 
+#define nm_dedup_multi_iter_for_each(iter, head_entry) \
+	for (nm_dedup_multi_iter_init ((iter), (head_entry)); \
+	     nm_dedup_multi_iter_next ((iter)); \
+	     )
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+typedef gboolean (*NMDedupMultiFcnSelectPredicate) (/* const NMDedupMultiObj * */ gconstpointer obj,
+                                                    gpointer user_data);
+
+GPtrArray *nm_dedup_multi_objs_to_ptr_array_head (const NMDedupMultiHeadEntry *head_entry,
+                                                  NMDedupMultiFcnSelectPredicate predicate,
+                                                  gpointer user_data);
+
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
 #endif /* __NM_DEDUP_MULTI_H__ */
diff --git a/src/platform/nm-platform.c b/src/platform/nm-platform.c
index c8008216b2..de5ac3cf40 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-platform.c
+++ b/src/platform/nm-platform.c
@@ -2692,29 +2692,9 @@ nm_platform_lookup_clone (NMPlatform *platform,
                           gboolean (*predicate) (const NMPObject *obj, gpointer user_data),
                           gpointer user_data)
 {
-	const NMDedupMultiHeadEntry *head_entry;
-	GPtrArray *result;
-	NMDedupMultiIter iter;
-	const NMPObject *plobj = NULL;
-
-	head_entry = nm_platform_lookup (platform, lookup);
-	if (!head_entry)
-		return NULL;
-
-	result = g_ptr_array_new_full (head_entry->len,
-	                               (GDestroyNotify) nmp_object_unref);
-	nmp_cache_iter_for_each (&iter, head_entry, &plobj) {
-		if (   predicate
-		    && !predicate (plobj, user_data))
-			continue;
-		g_ptr_array_add (result, (gpointer) nmp_object_ref (plobj));
-	}
-
-	if (result->len == 0) {
-		g_ptr_array_unref (result);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	return result;
+	return nm_dedup_multi_objs_to_ptr_array_head (nm_platform_lookup (platform, lookup),
+	                                              (NMDedupMultiFcnSelectPredicate) predicate,
+	                                              user_data);
 }
 
 void