diff --git a/libnm/nm-client.c b/libnm/nm-client.c
index f81cbb0695..42cba4095d 100644
--- a/libnm/nm-client.c
+++ b/libnm/nm-client.c
@@ -3379,7 +3379,7 @@ _dbus_check_permissions_start_cb (GObject *source, GAsyncResult *result, gpointe
 		if (perm == NM_CLIENT_PERMISSION_NONE)
 			continue;
 
-		perm_result = nm_permission_result_to_client (pvalue);
+		perm_result = nm_client_permission_result_from_string (pvalue);
 
 		g_hash_table_insert (priv->permissions,
 		                     GUINT_TO_POINTER (perm),
diff --git a/libnm/nm-libnm-utils.c b/libnm/nm-libnm-utils.c
index 7fd6eafb07..662bc33fa5 100644
--- a/libnm/nm-libnm-utils.c
+++ b/libnm/nm-libnm-utils.c
@@ -663,22 +663,6 @@ nm_utils_fixup_product_string (const char *desc)
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
-NMClientPermissionResult
-nm_permission_result_to_client (const char *nm)
-{
-	if (!nm)
-		return NM_CLIENT_PERMISSION_RESULT_UNKNOWN;
-	if (nm_streq (nm, "yes"))
-		return NM_CLIENT_PERMISSION_RESULT_YES;
-	if (nm_streq (nm, "no"))
-		return NM_CLIENT_PERMISSION_RESULT_NO;
-	if (nm_streq (nm, "auth"))
-		return NM_CLIENT_PERMISSION_RESULT_AUTH;
-	return NM_CLIENT_PERMISSION_RESULT_UNKNOWN;
-}
-
-/*****************************************************************************/
-
 const NMLDBusMetaIface *const _nml_dbus_meta_ifaces[] = {
 	&_nml_dbus_meta_iface_nm,
 	&_nml_dbus_meta_iface_nm_accesspoint,
diff --git a/libnm/nm-libnm-utils.h b/libnm/nm-libnm-utils.h
index 5ab10fcfeb..304c35f4be 100644
--- a/libnm/nm-libnm-utils.h
+++ b/libnm/nm-libnm-utils.h
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ gboolean nm_utils_g_param_spec_is_default (const GParamSpec *pspec);
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
-NMClientPermissionResult nm_permission_result_to_client (const char *nm);
-
-/*****************************************************************************/
-
 typedef enum {
 	_NML_DBUS_LOG_LEVEL_INITIALIZED = 0x01,
 
diff --git a/shared/nm-libnm-core-intern/nm-libnm-core-utils.c b/shared/nm-libnm-core-intern/nm-libnm-core-utils.c
index 366d812a31..087524bdd4 100644
--- a/shared/nm-libnm-core-intern/nm-libnm-core-utils.c
+++ b/shared/nm-libnm-core-intern/nm-libnm-core-utils.c
@@ -149,3 +149,19 @@ nm_auth_permission_from_string (const char *str)
 		return NM_CLIENT_PERMISSION_NONE;
 	return nm_auth_permission_sorted[idx];
 }
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+NMClientPermissionResult
+nm_client_permission_result_from_string (const char *nm)
+{
+	if (!nm)
+		return NM_CLIENT_PERMISSION_RESULT_UNKNOWN;
+	if (nm_streq (nm, "yes"))
+		return NM_CLIENT_PERMISSION_RESULT_YES;
+	if (nm_streq (nm, "no"))
+		return NM_CLIENT_PERMISSION_RESULT_NO;
+	if (nm_streq (nm, "auth"))
+		return NM_CLIENT_PERMISSION_RESULT_AUTH;
+	return NM_CLIENT_PERMISSION_RESULT_UNKNOWN;
+}
diff --git a/shared/nm-libnm-core-intern/nm-libnm-core-utils.h b/shared/nm-libnm-core-intern/nm-libnm-core-utils.h
index 3e15394ea9..398c493d9d 100644
--- a/shared/nm-libnm-core-intern/nm-libnm-core-utils.h
+++ b/shared/nm-libnm-core-intern/nm-libnm-core-utils.h
@@ -103,4 +103,8 @@ extern const NMClientPermission nm_auth_permission_sorted[NM_CLIENT_PERMISSION_L
 const char *nm_auth_permission_to_string (NMClientPermission permission);
 NMClientPermission nm_auth_permission_from_string (const char *str);
 
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+NMClientPermissionResult nm_client_permission_result_from_string (const char *nm);
+
 #endif /* __NM_LIBNM_SHARED_UTILS_H__ */