diff --git a/ntfsprogs/utils.c b/ntfsprogs/utils.c
index d1123061..94ba6df9 100644
--- a/ntfsprogs/utils.c
+++ b/ntfsprogs/utils.c
@@ -144,6 +144,54 @@ int utils_set_locale(void)
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * linux-ntfs's ntfs_mbstoucs has different semantics, so we emulate it with
+ * ntfs-3g's.
+ */
+int ntfs_mbstoucs_libntfscompat(const char *ins,
+		ntfschar **outs, int outs_len)
+{
+	if(!outs) {
+		errno = EINVAL;
+		return -1;
+	}
+	else if(*outs != NULL) {
+		/* Note: libntfs's mbstoucs implementation allows the caller to
+		 * specify a preallocated buffer while libntfs-3g's always
+		 * allocates the output buffer.
+		 */
+		ntfschar *tmpstr = NULL;
+		int tmpstr_len;
+
+		tmpstr_len = ntfs_mbstoucs(ins, &tmpstr);
+		if(tmpstr_len >= 0) {
+			if((tmpstr_len + 1) > outs_len) {
+				/* Doing a realloc instead of reusing tmpstr
+				 * because it emulates libntfs's mbstoucs more
+				 * closely. */
+				ntfschar *re_outs = realloc(*outs,
+					sizeof(ntfschar)*(tmpstr_len + 1));
+				if(!re_outs)
+					tmpstr_len = -1;
+				else
+					*outs = re_outs;
+			}
+
+			if(tmpstr_len >= 0) {
+				/* The extra character is the \0 terminator. */
+				memcpy(*outs, tmpstr,
+					sizeof(ntfschar)*(tmpstr_len + 1));
+			}
+
+			free(tmpstr);
+		}
+
+		return tmpstr_len;
+	}
+	else
+		return ntfs_mbstoucs(ins, outs);
+}
+
 /**
  * utils_valid_device - Perform some safety checks on the device, before start
  * @name:   Full pathname of the device/file to work with
diff --git a/ntfsprogs/utils.h b/ntfsprogs/utils.h
index 68171a64..cb4ac9d6 100644
--- a/ntfsprogs/utils.h
+++ b/ntfsprogs/utils.h
@@ -105,49 +105,8 @@ int mft_next_record(struct mft_search_ctx *ctx);
  * linux-ntfs's ntfs_mbstoucs has different semantics, so we emulate it with
  * ntfs-3g's.
  */
-static __inline__ int ntfs_mbstoucs_libntfscompat(const char *ins,
-		ntfschar **outs, int outs_len)
-{
-	if(!outs) {
-		errno = EINVAL;
-		return -1;
-	}
-	else if(*outs != NULL) {
-		/* Note: libntfs's mbstoucs implementation allows the caller to
-		 * specify a preallocated buffer while libntfs-3g's always
-		 * allocates the output buffer.
-		 */
-		ntfschar *tmpstr = NULL;
-		int tmpstr_len;
-
-		tmpstr_len = ntfs_mbstoucs(ins, &tmpstr);
-		if(tmpstr_len >= 0) {
-			if((tmpstr_len + 1) > outs_len) {
-				/* Doing a realloc instead of reusing tmpstr
-				 * because it emulates libntfs's mbstoucs more
-				 * closely. */
-				ntfschar *re_outs = realloc(*outs,
-					sizeof(ntfschar)*(tmpstr_len + 1));
-				if(!re_outs)
-					tmpstr_len = -1;
-				else
-					*outs = re_outs;
-			}
-
-			if(tmpstr_len >= 0) {
-				/* The extra character is the \0 terminator. */
-				memcpy(*outs, tmpstr,
-					sizeof(ntfschar)*(tmpstr_len + 1));
-			}
-
-			free(tmpstr);
-		}
-
-		return tmpstr_len;
-	}
-	else
-		return ntfs_mbstoucs(ins, outs);
-}
+int ntfs_mbstoucs_libntfscompat(const char *ins,
+		ntfschar **outs, int outs_len);
 
 /* This simple utility function was missing from libntfs-3g. */
 static __inline__ ntfschar *ntfs_attr_get_name(ATTR_RECORD *attr)