diff --git a/src/utils/wpa_debug.c b/src/utils/wpa_debug.c
index 3c2630162..61c0d5ce6 100644
--- a/src/utils/wpa_debug.c
+++ b/src/utils/wpa_debug.c
@@ -819,3 +819,42 @@ void hostapd_logger(void *ctx, const u8 *addr, unsigned int module, int level,
 	bin_clear_free(buf, buflen);
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_NO_HOSTAPD_LOGGER */
+
+
+const char * debug_level_str(int level)
+{
+	switch (level) {
+	case MSG_EXCESSIVE:
+		return "EXCESSIVE";
+	case MSG_MSGDUMP:
+		return "MSGDUMP";
+	case MSG_DEBUG:
+		return "DEBUG";
+	case MSG_INFO:
+		return "INFO";
+	case MSG_WARNING:
+		return "WARNING";
+	case MSG_ERROR:
+		return "ERROR";
+	default:
+		return "?";
+	}
+}
+
+
+int str_to_debug_level(const char *s)
+{
+	if (os_strcasecmp(s, "EXCESSIVE") == 0)
+		return MSG_EXCESSIVE;
+	if (os_strcasecmp(s, "MSGDUMP") == 0)
+		return MSG_MSGDUMP;
+	if (os_strcasecmp(s, "DEBUG") == 0)
+		return MSG_DEBUG;
+	if (os_strcasecmp(s, "INFO") == 0)
+		return MSG_INFO;
+	if (os_strcasecmp(s, "WARNING") == 0)
+		return MSG_WARNING;
+	if (os_strcasecmp(s, "ERROR") == 0)
+		return MSG_ERROR;
+	return -1;
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/wpa_debug.h b/src/utils/wpa_debug.h
index 87bd7fadd..17d8f9638 100644
--- a/src/utils/wpa_debug.h
+++ b/src/utils/wpa_debug.h
@@ -364,4 +364,7 @@ static inline void wpa_debug_close_linux_tracing(void)
 #define WPA_ASSERT(a) do { } while (0)
 #endif
 
+const char * debug_level_str(int level);
+int str_to_debug_level(const char *s);
+
 #endif /* WPA_DEBUG_H */
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/ctrl_iface.c b/wpa_supplicant/ctrl_iface.c
index cbb877e9f..3f533ce82 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/ctrl_iface.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/ctrl_iface.c
@@ -2136,45 +2136,6 @@ static int wpa_supplicant_ctrl_iface_blacklist(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
 }
 
 
-static const char * debug_level_str(int level)
-{
-	switch (level) {
-	case MSG_EXCESSIVE:
-		return "EXCESSIVE";
-	case MSG_MSGDUMP:
-		return "MSGDUMP";
-	case MSG_DEBUG:
-		return "DEBUG";
-	case MSG_INFO:
-		return "INFO";
-	case MSG_WARNING:
-		return "WARNING";
-	case MSG_ERROR:
-		return "ERROR";
-	default:
-		return "?";
-	}
-}
-
-
-static int str_to_debug_level(const char *s)
-{
-	if (os_strcasecmp(s, "EXCESSIVE") == 0)
-		return MSG_EXCESSIVE;
-	if (os_strcasecmp(s, "MSGDUMP") == 0)
-		return MSG_MSGDUMP;
-	if (os_strcasecmp(s, "DEBUG") == 0)
-		return MSG_DEBUG;
-	if (os_strcasecmp(s, "INFO") == 0)
-		return MSG_INFO;
-	if (os_strcasecmp(s, "WARNING") == 0)
-		return MSG_WARNING;
-	if (os_strcasecmp(s, "ERROR") == 0)
-		return MSG_ERROR;
-	return -1;
-}
-
-
 static int wpa_supplicant_ctrl_iface_log_level(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
 					       char *cmd, char *buf,
 					       size_t buflen)