diff --git a/src/dns-manager/nm-dns-dnsmasq.c b/src/dns-manager/nm-dns-dnsmasq.c
index 4cee16089..5c72d7bad 100644
--- a/src/dns-manager/nm-dns-dnsmasq.c
+++ b/src/dns-manager/nm-dns-dnsmasq.c
@@ -482,24 +482,6 @@ update (NMDnsPlugin *plugin,
 
 /****************************************************************/
 
-static const char *
-dm_exit_code_to_msg (int status)
-{
-	if (status == 1)
-		return "Configuration problem";
-	else if (status == 2)
-		return "Network access problem (address in use; permissions; etc)";
-	else if (status == 3)
-		return "Filesystem problem (missing file/directory; permissions; etc)";
-	else if (status == 4)
-		return "Memory allocation failure";
-	else if (status == 5)
-		return "Other problem";
-	else if (status >= 11)
-		return "Lease-script 'init' process failure";
-	return "Unknown error";
-}
-
 static void
 child_quit (NMDnsPlugin *plugin, gint status)
 {
@@ -510,9 +492,8 @@ child_quit (NMDnsPlugin *plugin, gint status)
 	if (WIFEXITED (status)) {
 		err = WEXITSTATUS (status);
 		if (err) {
-			_LOGW ("dnsmasq exited with error: %s (%d)",
-			       dm_exit_code_to_msg (err),
-			       err);
+			_LOGW ("dnsmasq exited with error: %s",
+			       nm_utils_dnsmasq_status_to_string (err, NULL, 0));
 		} else
 			failed = FALSE;
 	} else if (WIFSTOPPED (status))
diff --git a/src/dnsmasq-manager/nm-dnsmasq-manager.c b/src/dnsmasq-manager/nm-dnsmasq-manager.c
index d905446b4..b25001c40 100644
--- a/src/dnsmasq-manager/nm-dnsmasq-manager.c
+++ b/src/dnsmasq-manager/nm-dnsmasq-manager.c
@@ -110,36 +110,6 @@ nm_cmd_line_add_string (NMCmdLine *cmd, const char *str)
 
 /*******************************************/
 
-static void
-dm_exit_code (guint dm_exit_status)
-{
-	char *msg = "Unknown error";
-
-	switch (dm_exit_status) {
-	case 1:
-		msg = "Configuration problem";
-		break;
-	case 2:
-		msg = "Network access problem (address in use; permissions; etc)";
-		break;
-	case 3:
-		msg = "Filesystem problem (missing file/directory; permissions; etc)";
-		break;
-	case 4:
-		msg = "Memory allocation failure";
-		break;
-	case 5:
-		msg = "Other problem";
-		break;
-	default:
-		if (dm_exit_status >= 11)
-			msg = "Lease-script 'init' process failure";
-		break;
-	}
-
-	_LOGW ("dnsmasq exited with error: %s (%d)", msg, dm_exit_status);
-}
-
 static void
 dm_watch_cb (GPid pid, gint status, gpointer user_data)
 {
@@ -149,8 +119,10 @@ dm_watch_cb (GPid pid, gint status, gpointer user_data)
 
 	if (WIFEXITED (status)) {
 		err = WEXITSTATUS (status);
-		if (err != 0)
-			dm_exit_code (err);
+		if (err != 0) {
+			_LOGW ("dnsmasq exited with error: %s",
+			       nm_utils_dnsmasq_status_to_string (err, NULL, 0));
+		}
 	} else if (WIFSTOPPED (status)) {
 		_LOGW ("dnsmasq stopped unexpectedly with signal %d", WSTOPSIG (status));
 	} else if (WIFSIGNALED (status)) {
diff --git a/src/nm-core-utils.c b/src/nm-core-utils.c
index cc15c7830..f9ae5f9a9 100644
--- a/src/nm-core-utils.c
+++ b/src/nm-core-utils.c
@@ -3168,3 +3168,40 @@ nm_utils_lifetime_get (guint32 timestamp,
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
+const char *
+nm_utils_dnsmasq_status_to_string (int status, char *dest, guint size)
+{
+	static char buffer[128];
+	char *msg, *ret;
+	gs_free char *msg_free = NULL;
+	int len;
+
+	if (status == 0)
+		msg = "Success";
+	else if (status == 1)
+		msg = "Configuration problem";
+	else if (status == 2)
+		msg = "Network access problem (address in use, permissions)";
+	else if (status == 3)
+		msg = "Filesystem problem (missing file/directory, permissions)";
+	else if (status == 4)
+		msg = "Memory allocation failure";
+	else if (status == 5)
+		msg = "Other problem";
+	else if (status >= 11)
+		msg = msg_free = g_strdup_printf ("Lease script failed with error %d", status - 10);
+	else
+		msg = "Unknown problem";
+
+	if (dest) {
+		ret = dest;
+		len = size;
+	} else {
+		ret = buffer;
+		len = sizeof (buffer);
+	}
+
+	g_snprintf (ret, len, "%s (%d)", msg, status);
+
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/src/nm-core-utils.h b/src/nm-core-utils.h
index a7172a5b3..7a0f909bc 100644
--- a/src/nm-core-utils.h
+++ b/src/nm-core-utils.h
@@ -398,4 +398,6 @@ gboolean nm_utils_lifetime_get (guint32 timestamp,
 
 gboolean nm_utils_ip4_address_is_link_local (in_addr_t addr);
 
+const char *nm_utils_dnsmasq_status_to_string (int status, char *dest, guint size);
+
 #endif /* __NM_CORE_UTILS_H__ */