diff --git a/src/netdev.c b/src/netdev.c
index 0f7b48d4..202d2d9e 100644
--- a/src/netdev.c
+++ b/src/netdev.c
@@ -60,17 +60,6 @@ static void do_debug(const char *str, void *user_data)
 	l_info("%s%s", prefix, str);
 }
 
-static size_t rta_add_u8(void *rta_buf, unsigned short type, uint8_t value)
-{
-	struct rtattr *rta = rta_buf;
-
-	rta->rta_len = RTA_LENGTH(sizeof(uint8_t));
-	rta->rta_type = type;
-	*((uint8_t *) RTA_DATA(rta)) = value;
-
-	return RTA_SPACE(sizeof(uint8_t));
-}
-
 struct cb_data {
 	netdev_command_func_t callback;
 	void *user_data;
@@ -89,6 +78,17 @@ static void netlink_result(int error, uint16_t type, const void *data,
 	l_free(cb_data);
 }
 
+static size_t rta_add_u8(void *rta_buf, unsigned short type, uint8_t value)
+{
+	struct rtattr *rta = rta_buf;
+
+	rta->rta_len = RTA_LENGTH(sizeof(uint8_t));
+	rta->rta_type = type;
+	*((uint8_t *) RTA_DATA(rta)) = value;
+
+	return RTA_SPACE(sizeof(uint8_t));
+}
+
 void netdev_set_linkmode_and_operstate(uint32_t ifindex,
 				uint8_t linkmode, uint8_t operstate,
 				netdev_command_func_t callback, void *user_data)