diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b6d2a56ab..05b3a6c57 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2005-12-03  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/NetworkManagerUtils.[ch]
+	  src/nm-ip4-config.c
+		- move ip4_netmask_to_prefix() to NetworkManagerUtils.c
+		- consolidate code into nm_utils_ip4_addr_to_nl_addr()
+
 2005-12-01  Robert Love  <rml@novell.com>
 
 	* gnome/applet/main.c, gnome/vpn-properties/nm-vpn-properties.c: We
diff --git a/src/NetworkManagerUtils.c b/src/NetworkManagerUtils.c
index 83f970bef..d17392fc3 100644
--- a/src/NetworkManagerUtils.c
+++ b/src/NetworkManagerUtils.c
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 #include "NetworkManagerUtils.h"
 #include "nm-utils.h"
 
+#include <netlink/addr.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+
 
 struct NMSock
 {
@@ -661,3 +664,34 @@ gchar *nm_utils_inet_ip4_address_as_string (guint32 ip)
 	return g_strdup (ip_string);
 }
 
+
+struct nl_addr * nm_utils_ip4_addr_to_nl_addr (guint32 ip4_addr)
+{
+	struct nl_addr * nla = NULL;
+
+	if (!(nla = nl_addr_alloc (sizeof (in_addr_t))))
+		return NULL;
+	nl_addr_set_family (nla, AF_INET);
+	nl_addr_set_binary_addr (nla, &ip4_addr, sizeof (guint32));
+
+	return nla;
+}
+
+/*
+ * nm_utils_ip4_netmask_to_prefix
+ *
+ * Figure out the network prefix from a netmask.  Netmask
+ * MUST be in network byte order.
+ *
+ */
+int nm_utils_ip4_netmask_to_prefix (guint32 ip4_netmask)
+{
+	int i = 1;
+
+	/* Just count how many bit shifts we need */
+	ip4_netmask = ntohl (ip4_netmask);
+	while (!(ip4_netmask & 0x1) && ++i)
+		ip4_netmask = ip4_netmask >> 1;
+	return (32 - (i-1));
+}
+
diff --git a/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h b/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h
index f9e77d260..4c5258c89 100644
--- a/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h
+++ b/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ gboolean nm_completion_boolean_function2_test(int tries,
 		nm_completion_args args);
 #define nm_completion_boolean_function_test nm_completion_boolean_function1_test
 
-gchar* nm_utils_inet_ip4_address_as_string (guint32 ip);
+gchar*			nm_utils_inet_ip4_address_as_string (guint32 ip);
+
+struct nl_addr *	nm_utils_ip4_addr_to_nl_addr (guint32 ip4_addr);
+
+int				nm_utils_ip4_netmask_to_prefix (guint32 ip4_netmask);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/nm-ip4-config.c b/src/nm-ip4-config.c
index 5a8fccc13..bcf4ecded 100644
--- a/src/nm-ip4-config.c
+++ b/src/nm-ip4-config.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include "NetworkManager.h"
+#include "NetworkManagerUtils.h"
 #include "nm-ip4-config.h"
 
 #include <netlink/route/addr.h>
@@ -238,24 +239,6 @@ guint32 nm_ip4_config_get_num_domains (NMIP4Config *config)
 
 extern void rtnl_addr_set_prefixlen (struct rtnl_addr *, int);
 
-/*
- * ip4_netmask_to_prefix
- *
- * Figure out the network prefix from a netmask.  Netmask
- * MUST be in network byte order.
- *
- */
-static int ip4_netmask_to_prefix (guint32 ip4_netmask)
-{
-	int i = 1;
-
-	/* Just count how many bit shifts we need */
-	ip4_netmask = ntohl (ip4_netmask);
-	while (!(ip4_netmask & 0x1) && ++i)
-		ip4_netmask = ip4_netmask >> 1;
-	return (32 - (i-1));
-}
-
 static int ip4_addr_to_rtnl_local (guint32 ip4_address, struct rtnl_addr *addr)
 {
 	struct nl_addr * local = NULL;
@@ -263,13 +246,10 @@ static int ip4_addr_to_rtnl_local (guint32 ip4_address, struct rtnl_addr *addr)
 
 	g_return_val_if_fail (addr != NULL, -1);
 
-	local = nl_addr_alloc (sizeof (in_addr_t));
-	nl_addr_set_family (local, AF_INET);
-	nl_addr_set_binary_addr (local, &ip4_address, sizeof (guint32));
-
+	local = nm_utils_ip4_addr_to_nl_addr (ip4_address);
 	err = rtnl_addr_set_local (addr, local);
-
 	nl_addr_put (local);
+
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -280,13 +260,10 @@ static int ip4_addr_to_rtnl_peer (guint32 ip4_address, struct rtnl_addr *addr)
 
 	g_return_val_if_fail (addr != NULL, -1);
 
-	peer = nl_addr_alloc (sizeof (in_addr_t));
-	nl_addr_set_family (peer, AF_INET);
-	nl_addr_set_binary_addr (peer, &ip4_address, sizeof (guint32));
-
+	peer = nm_utils_ip4_addr_to_nl_addr (ip4_address);
 	err = rtnl_addr_set_peer (addr, peer);
-
 	nl_addr_put (peer);
+
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -294,7 +271,7 @@ static void ip4_addr_to_rtnl_prefixlen (guint32 ip4_netmask, struct rtnl_addr *a
 {
 	g_return_if_fail (addr != NULL);
 
-	rtnl_addr_set_prefixlen (addr,ip4_netmask_to_prefix (ip4_netmask));
+	rtnl_addr_set_prefixlen (addr, nm_utils_ip4_netmask_to_prefix (ip4_netmask));
 }
 
 static int ip4_addr_to_rtnl_broadcast (guint32 ip4_broadcast, struct rtnl_addr *addr)
@@ -304,13 +281,10 @@ static int ip4_addr_to_rtnl_broadcast (guint32 ip4_broadcast, struct rtnl_addr *
 
 	g_return_val_if_fail (addr != NULL, -1);
 
-	local = nl_addr_alloc (sizeof (in_addr_t));
-	nl_addr_set_family (local, AF_INET);
-	nl_addr_set_binary_addr (local, &ip4_broadcast, sizeof (guint32));
-
+	local = nm_utils_ip4_addr_to_nl_addr (ip4_broadcast);
 	err = rtnl_addr_set_broadcast (addr, local);
-
 	nl_addr_put (local);
+
 	return err;
 }