diff --git a/src/platform/nm-netlink.h b/src/platform/nm-netlink.h
index 840e56d8e4..d9ba93738e 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-netlink.h
+++ b/src/platform/nm-netlink.h
@@ -211,6 +211,14 @@ nla_get_u64 (const struct nlattr *nla)
 	return unaligned_read_ne64 (nla_data (nla));
 }
 
+static inline uint64_t
+nla_get_be64 (const struct nlattr *nla)
+{
+	nm_assert (nla_len (nla) >= sizeof (uint64_t));
+
+	return unaligned_read_be64 (nla_data (nla));
+}
+
 static inline char *
 nla_get_string (const struct nlattr *nla)
 {