diff --git a/src/connections.c b/src/connections.c
index 609e71ad..02764700 100644
--- a/src/connections.c
+++ b/src/connections.c
@@ -813,23 +813,6 @@ static chunk * connection_read_header_more(connection *con, chunkqueue *cq, chun
       : NULL;
 }
 
-__attribute_hot__
-static uint32_t connection_read_header_hoff(const char *n, const uint32_t clen, unsigned short hoff[8192]) {
-    uint32_t hlen = 0;
-    for (const char *b; (n = memchr((b = n),'\n',clen-hlen)); ++n) {
-        uint32_t x = (uint32_t)(n - b + 1);
-        hlen += x;
-        if (x <= 2 && (x == 1 || n[-1] == '\r')) {
-            hoff[hoff[0]+1] = hlen;
-            return hlen;
-        }
-        if (++hoff[0] >= /*sizeof(hoff)/sizeof(hoff[0])-1*/ 8192-1) break;
-        hoff[hoff[0]] = hlen;
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
 static void
 http_request_headers_process (request_st * const r, char * const hdrs, unsigned short * const hoff, const int scheme_port)
 {
@@ -904,8 +887,7 @@ static int connection_handle_read_state(connection * const con)  {
         hoff[1] = (unsigned short)c->offset; /* base offset for all lines */
         /*hoff[2] = ...;*/                   /* offset from base for 2nd line */
 
-        header_len =
-          connection_read_header_hoff(c->mem->ptr + c->offset, clen, hoff);
+        header_len = http_header_parse_hoff(c->mem->ptr + c->offset,clen,hoff);
 
         /* casting to (unsigned short) might truncate, and the hoff[]
          * addition might overflow, but max_request_field_size is USHRT_MAX,
diff --git a/src/http_header.c b/src/http_header.c
index 9a52a1b6..bbc623ac 100644
--- a/src/http_header.c
+++ b/src/http_header.c
@@ -241,3 +241,21 @@ void http_header_env_append(request_st * const r, const char *k, uint32_t klen,
     if (0 == vlen) return;
     http_header_token_append(vb, v, vlen);
 }
+
+
+uint32_t
+http_header_parse_hoff (const char *n, const uint32_t clen, unsigned short hoff[8192])
+{
+    uint32_t hlen = 0;
+    for (const char *b; (n = memchr((b = n),'\n',clen-hlen)); ++n) {
+        uint32_t x = (uint32_t)(n - b + 1);
+        hlen += x;
+        if (x <= 2 && (x == 1 || n[-1] == '\r')) {
+            hoff[hoff[0]+1] = hlen;
+            return hlen;
+        }
+        if (++hoff[0] >= /*sizeof(hoff)/sizeof(hoff[0])-1*/ 8192-1) break;
+        hoff[hoff[0]] = hlen;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/http_header.h b/src/http_header.h
index b302a23c..9fa652b5 100644
--- a/src/http_header.h
+++ b/src/http_header.h
@@ -70,4 +70,7 @@ buffer * http_header_env_get(const request_st *r, const char *k, uint32_t klen);
 void http_header_env_set(request_st *r, const char *k, uint32_t klen, const char *v, uint32_t vlen);
 void http_header_env_append(request_st *r, const char *k, uint32_t klen, const char *v, uint32_t vlen);
 
+__attribute_hot__
+uint32_t http_header_parse_hoff (const char *n, const uint32_t clen, unsigned short hoff[8192]);
+
 #endif