diff --git a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
index 1e141eeb9..b0e19ae27 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
+++ b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
@@ -951,106 +951,6 @@ _nl_addattr_l (struct nlmsghdr *n,
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
-static const char *
-_nl_nlmsghdr_to_str (const struct nlmsghdr *hdr, char *buf, gsize len)
-{
-	const char *b;
-	const char *s;
-	guint flags, flags_before;
-	const char *prefix;
-
-	nm_utils_to_string_buffer_init (&buf, &len);
-	b = buf;
-
-	switch (hdr->nlmsg_type) {
-	case RTM_NEWLINK:    s = "RTM_NEWLINK";  break;
-	case RTM_DELLINK:    s = "RTM_DELLINK";  break;
-	case RTM_NEWADDR:    s = "RTM_NEWADDR";  break;
-	case RTM_DELADDR:    s = "RTM_DELADDR";  break;
-	case RTM_NEWROUTE:   s = "RTM_NEWROUTE"; break;
-	case RTM_DELROUTE:   s = "RTM_DELROUTE"; break;
-	case RTM_NEWQDISC:   s = "RTM_NEWQDISC"; break;
-	case RTM_DELQDISC:   s = "RTM_DELQDISC"; break;
-	case RTM_NEWTFILTER: s = "RTM_NEWTFILTER"; break;
-	case RTM_DELTFILTER: s = "RTM_DELTFILTER"; break;
-	case NLMSG_NOOP:     s = "NLMSG_NOOP"; break;
-	case NLMSG_ERROR:    s = "NLMSG_ERROR"; break;
-	case NLMSG_DONE:     s = "NLMSG_DONE"; break;
-	case NLMSG_OVERRUN:  s = "NLMSG_OVERRUN"; break;
-	default:             s = NULL;       break;
-	}
-
-	if (s)
-		nm_utils_strbuf_append_str (&buf, &len, s);
-	else
-		nm_utils_strbuf_append (&buf, &len, "(%u)", (unsigned) hdr->nlmsg_type);
-
-	flags = hdr->nlmsg_flags;
-
-	if (!flags) {
-		nm_utils_strbuf_append_str (&buf, &len, ", flags 0");
-		goto flags_done;
-	}
-
-#define _F(f, n) \
-	G_STMT_START { \
-		if (NM_FLAGS_ALL (flags, f)) { \
-			flags &= ~(f); \
-			nm_utils_strbuf_append (&buf, &len, "%s%s", prefix, n); \
-			if (!flags) \
-				goto flags_done; \
-			prefix = ","; \
-		} \
-	} G_STMT_END
-
-	prefix = ", flags ";
-	flags_before = flags;
-	_F (NLM_F_REQUEST, "request");
-	_F (NLM_F_MULTI, "multi");
-	_F (NLM_F_ACK, "ack");
-	_F (NLM_F_ECHO, "echo");
-	_F (NLM_F_DUMP_INTR, "dump_intr");
-	_F (0x20 /*NLM_F_DUMP_FILTERED*/, "dump_filtered");
-
-	if (flags_before != flags)
-		prefix = ";";
-
-	switch (hdr->nlmsg_type) {
-	case RTM_NEWLINK:
-	case RTM_NEWADDR:
-	case RTM_NEWROUTE:
-	case RTM_NEWQDISC:
-	case RTM_NEWTFILTER:
-		_F (NLM_F_REPLACE, "replace");
-		_F (NLM_F_EXCL, "excl");
-		_F (NLM_F_CREATE, "create");
-		_F (NLM_F_APPEND, "append");
-		break;
-	case RTM_GETLINK:
-	case RTM_GETADDR:
-	case RTM_GETROUTE:
-	case RTM_DELQDISC:
-	case RTM_DELTFILTER:
-		_F (NLM_F_DUMP, "dump");
-		_F (NLM_F_ROOT, "root");
-		_F (NLM_F_MATCH, "match");
-		_F (NLM_F_ATOMIC, "atomic");
-		break;
-	}
-
-#undef _F
-
-	if (flags_before != flags)
-		prefix = ";";
-	nm_utils_strbuf_append (&buf, &len, "%s0x%04x", prefix, flags);
-
-flags_done:
-
-	nm_utils_strbuf_append (&buf, &len, ", seq %u", (unsigned) hdr->nlmsg_seq);
-
-	return b;
-}
-
 /******************************************************************
  * NMPObject/netlink functions
  ******************************************************************/
@@ -4363,7 +4263,7 @@ event_valid_msg (NMPlatform *platform, struct nl_msg *msg, gboolean handle_event
 	obj = nmp_object_new_from_nl (platform, cache, msg, id_only);
 	if (!obj) {
 		_LOGT ("event-notification: %s: ignore",
-		       _nl_nlmsghdr_to_str (msghdr, buf_nlmsghdr, sizeof (buf_nlmsghdr)));
+		       nl_nlmsghdr_to_str (msghdr, buf_nlmsghdr, sizeof (buf_nlmsghdr)));
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -4381,7 +4281,7 @@ event_valid_msg (NMPlatform *platform, struct nl_msg *msg, gboolean handle_event
 	}
 
 	_LOGT ("event-notification: %s%s: %s",
-	       _nl_nlmsghdr_to_str (msghdr, buf_nlmsghdr, sizeof (buf_nlmsghdr)),
+	       nl_nlmsghdr_to_str (msghdr, buf_nlmsghdr, sizeof (buf_nlmsghdr)),
 	       is_dump ? ", in-dump" : "",
 	       nmp_object_to_string (obj,
 	                             id_only ? NMP_OBJECT_TO_STRING_ID : NMP_OBJECT_TO_STRING_PUBLIC,
@@ -6655,7 +6555,7 @@ continue_reading:
 		}
 
 		_LOGt ("netlink: recvmsg: new message %s",
-		       _nl_nlmsghdr_to_str (hdr, buf_nlmsghdr, sizeof (buf_nlmsghdr)));
+		       nl_nlmsghdr_to_str (hdr, buf_nlmsghdr, sizeof (buf_nlmsghdr)));
 
 		if (creds)
 			nlmsg_set_creds (msg, creds);
diff --git a/src/platform/nm-netlink.c b/src/platform/nm-netlink.c
index 45bc1cf75..3cf87da3f 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-netlink.c
+++ b/src/platform/nm-netlink.c
@@ -22,6 +22,110 @@
 
 #include "nm-netlink.h"
 
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+const char *
+nl_nlmsghdr_to_str (const struct nlmsghdr *hdr, char *buf, gsize len)
+{
+	const char *b;
+	const char *s;
+	guint flags, flags_before;
+	const char *prefix;
+
+	if (!nm_utils_to_string_buffer_init_null (hdr, &buf, &len))
+		return buf;
+
+	b = buf;
+
+	switch (hdr->nlmsg_type) {
+	case RTM_NEWLINK:    s = "RTM_NEWLINK";  break;
+	case RTM_DELLINK:    s = "RTM_DELLINK";  break;
+	case RTM_NEWADDR:    s = "RTM_NEWADDR";  break;
+	case RTM_DELADDR:    s = "RTM_DELADDR";  break;
+	case RTM_NEWROUTE:   s = "RTM_NEWROUTE"; break;
+	case RTM_DELROUTE:   s = "RTM_DELROUTE"; break;
+	case RTM_NEWQDISC:   s = "RTM_NEWQDISC"; break;
+	case RTM_DELQDISC:   s = "RTM_DELQDISC"; break;
+	case RTM_NEWTFILTER: s = "RTM_NEWTFILTER"; break;
+	case RTM_DELTFILTER: s = "RTM_DELTFILTER"; break;
+	case NLMSG_NOOP:     s = "NLMSG_NOOP"; break;
+	case NLMSG_ERROR:    s = "NLMSG_ERROR"; break;
+	case NLMSG_DONE:     s = "NLMSG_DONE"; break;
+	case NLMSG_OVERRUN:  s = "NLMSG_OVERRUN"; break;
+	default:             s = NULL;       break;
+	}
+
+	if (s)
+		nm_utils_strbuf_append_str (&buf, &len, s);
+	else
+		nm_utils_strbuf_append (&buf, &len, "(%u)", (unsigned) hdr->nlmsg_type);
+
+	flags = hdr->nlmsg_flags;
+
+	if (!flags) {
+		nm_utils_strbuf_append_str (&buf, &len, ", flags 0");
+		goto flags_done;
+	}
+
+#define _F(f, n) \
+	G_STMT_START { \
+		if (NM_FLAGS_ALL (flags, f)) { \
+			flags &= ~(f); \
+			nm_utils_strbuf_append (&buf, &len, "%s%s", prefix, n); \
+			if (!flags) \
+				goto flags_done; \
+			prefix = ","; \
+		} \
+	} G_STMT_END
+
+	prefix = ", flags ";
+	flags_before = flags;
+	_F (NLM_F_REQUEST, "request");
+	_F (NLM_F_MULTI, "multi");
+	_F (NLM_F_ACK, "ack");
+	_F (NLM_F_ECHO, "echo");
+	_F (NLM_F_DUMP_INTR, "dump_intr");
+	_F (0x20 /*NLM_F_DUMP_FILTERED*/, "dump_filtered");
+
+	if (flags_before != flags)
+		prefix = ";";
+
+	switch (hdr->nlmsg_type) {
+	case RTM_NEWLINK:
+	case RTM_NEWADDR:
+	case RTM_NEWROUTE:
+	case RTM_NEWQDISC:
+	case RTM_NEWTFILTER:
+		_F (NLM_F_REPLACE, "replace");
+		_F (NLM_F_EXCL, "excl");
+		_F (NLM_F_CREATE, "create");
+		_F (NLM_F_APPEND, "append");
+		break;
+	case RTM_GETLINK:
+	case RTM_GETADDR:
+	case RTM_GETROUTE:
+	case RTM_DELQDISC:
+	case RTM_DELTFILTER:
+		_F (NLM_F_DUMP, "dump");
+		_F (NLM_F_ROOT, "root");
+		_F (NLM_F_MATCH, "match");
+		_F (NLM_F_ATOMIC, "atomic");
+		break;
+	}
+
+#undef _F
+
+	if (flags_before != flags)
+		prefix = ";";
+	nm_utils_strbuf_append (&buf, &len, "%s0x%04x", prefix, flags);
+
+flags_done:
+
+	nm_utils_strbuf_append (&buf, &len, ", seq %u", (unsigned) hdr->nlmsg_seq);
+
+	return b;
+}
+
 /*****************************************************************************
  *  Reimplementations/copied from libnl3/genl
  *****************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/platform/nm-netlink.h b/src/platform/nm-netlink.h
index 64fcbfa4a..d9c94f77a 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-netlink.h
+++ b/src/platform/nm-netlink.h
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 #include <netlink/msg.h>
 #include <netlink/attr.h>
 
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+const char *nl_nlmsghdr_to_str (const struct nlmsghdr *hdr, char *buf, gsize len);
+
 /*****************************************************************************
  * libnl3 compat code
  *****************************************************************************/