diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-core-internal.h b/libnm-core/nm-core-internal.h
index 9b123131ef..394ecb5677 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-core-internal.h
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-core-internal.h
@@ -547,18 +547,6 @@ gboolean _nm_utils_team_config_set (char **conf,
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
-static inline int
-nm_setting_ip_config_get_addr_family (NMSettingIPConfig *s_ip)
-{
-	if (NM_IS_SETTING_IP4_CONFIG (s_ip))
-		return AF_INET;
-	if (NM_IS_SETTING_IP6_CONFIG (s_ip))
-		return AF_INET6;
-	g_return_val_if_reached (AF_UNSPEC);
-}
-
-/*****************************************************************************/
-
 guint32 _nm_utils_parse_tc_handle                (const char *str,
                                                   GError **error);
 void _nm_utils_string_append_tc_parent           (GString *string,
diff --git a/shared/nm-libnm-core-utils.h b/shared/nm-libnm-core-utils.h
index 0fb5778599..be369ac48e 100644
--- a/shared/nm-libnm-core-utils.h
+++ b/shared/nm-libnm-core-utils.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 #include "nm-setting-connection.h"
 #include "nm-setting-ip-config.h"
+#include "nm-setting-ip4-config.h"
+#include "nm-setting-ip6-config.h"
 #include "nm-setting-sriov.h"
 #include "nm-setting-team.h"
 #include "nm-setting-vlan.h"
@@ -80,4 +82,16 @@ nm_setting_connection_remove_permission_user (NMSettingConnection *setting,
 	nm_setting_connection_remove_permission_by_value (setting, "user", user, NULL);
 }
 
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+static inline int
+nm_setting_ip_config_get_addr_family (NMSettingIPConfig *s_ip)
+{
+	if (NM_IS_SETTING_IP4_CONFIG (s_ip))
+		return AF_INET;
+	if (NM_IS_SETTING_IP6_CONFIG (s_ip))
+		return AF_INET6;
+	g_return_val_if_reached (AF_UNSPEC);
+}
+
 #endif /* __NM_LIBNM_SHARED_UTILS_H__ */