diff --git a/src/libnm-base/nm-base.h b/src/libnm-base/nm-base.h
index 138e8b04b2..3f0ca02544 100644
--- a/src/libnm-base/nm-base.h
+++ b/src/libnm-base/nm-base.h
@@ -366,4 +366,8 @@ typedef struct {
 
 /****************************************************************************/
 
+#define NM_IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE 32
+
+/****************************************************************************/
+
 #endif /* __NM_LIBNM_BASE_H__ */
diff --git a/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-utils.c b/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-utils.c
index 202f160ead..badae39a1b 100644
--- a/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-utils.c
+++ b/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-utils.c
@@ -633,8 +633,6 @@ nm_utils_is_empty_ssid(const guint8 *ssid, gsize len)
     return _nm_utils_is_empty_ssid_arr(ssid, len);
 }
 
-#define ESSID_MAX_SIZE 32
-
 /**
  * nm_utils_escape_ssid:
  * @ssid: (array length=len): pointer to a buffer containing the SSID data
@@ -651,7 +649,7 @@ nm_utils_is_empty_ssid(const guint8 *ssid, gsize len)
 const char *
 nm_utils_escape_ssid(const guint8 *ssid, gsize len)
 {
-    static char   escaped[ESSID_MAX_SIZE * 2 + 1];
+    static char   escaped[NM_IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE * 2 + 1];
     const guint8 *s = ssid;
     char *        d = escaped;
 
@@ -660,7 +658,7 @@ nm_utils_escape_ssid(const guint8 *ssid, gsize len)
         return escaped;
     }
 
-    len = MIN(len, (guint32) ESSID_MAX_SIZE);
+    len = MIN(len, (guint32) NM_IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE);
     while (len--) {
         if (*s == '\0') {
             *d++ = '\\';