diff --git a/src/platform/nmp-object.c b/src/platform/nmp-object.c
index 0c951dd4f..4b511ff2f 100644
--- a/src/platform/nmp-object.c
+++ b/src/platform/nmp-object.c
@@ -861,12 +861,6 @@ _vt_cmd_obj_cmp_lnk_vlan (const NMPObject *obj1, const NMPObject *obj2)
 	return c;
 }
 
-gboolean
-nmp_object_equal (const NMPObject *obj1, const NMPObject *obj2)
-{
-	return nmp_object_cmp (obj1, obj2) == 0;
-}
-
 /* @src is a const object, which is not entirely correct for link types, where
  * we increase the ref count for src->_link.udev.device.
  * Hence, nmp_object_copy() can violate the const promise of @src.
diff --git a/src/platform/nmp-object.h b/src/platform/nmp-object.h
index 6db7573a9..d8fe60a60 100644
--- a/src/platform/nmp-object.h
+++ b/src/platform/nmp-object.h
@@ -471,7 +471,13 @@ const NMPObject *nmp_object_stackinit_id_ip6_address (NMPObject *obj, int ifinde
 const char *nmp_object_to_string (const NMPObject *obj, NMPObjectToStringMode to_string_mode, char *buf, gsize buf_size);
 void nmp_object_hash_update (const NMPObject *obj, NMHashState *h);
 int nmp_object_cmp (const NMPObject *obj1, const NMPObject *obj2);
-gboolean nmp_object_equal (const NMPObject *obj1, const NMPObject *obj2);
+
+static inline gboolean
+nmp_object_equal (const NMPObject *obj1, const NMPObject *obj2)
+{
+	return nmp_object_cmp (obj1, obj2) == 0;
+}
+
 void nmp_object_copy (NMPObject *dst, const NMPObject *src, gboolean id_only);
 NMPObject *nmp_object_clone (const NMPObject *obj, gboolean id_only);