diff --git a/src/utils/common.c b/src/utils/common.c
index 6d7a20034..e0d20d2c3 100644
--- a/src/utils/common.c
+++ b/src/utils/common.c
@@ -505,3 +505,64 @@ void * __hide_aliasing_typecast(void *foo)
 {
 	return foo;
 }
+
+
+char * wpa_config_parse_string(const char *value, size_t *len)
+{
+	if (*value == '"') {
+		const char *pos;
+		char *str;
+		value++;
+		pos = os_strrchr(value, '"');
+		if (pos == NULL || pos[1] != '\0')
+			return NULL;
+		*len = pos - value;
+		str = os_malloc(*len + 1);
+		if (str == NULL)
+			return NULL;
+		os_memcpy(str, value, *len);
+		str[*len] = '\0';
+		return str;
+	} else if (*value == 'P' && value[1] == '"') {
+		const char *pos;
+		char *tstr, *str;
+		size_t tlen;
+		value += 2;
+		pos = os_strrchr(value, '"');
+		if (pos == NULL || pos[1] != '\0')
+			return NULL;
+		tlen = pos - value;
+		tstr = os_malloc(tlen + 1);
+		if (tstr == NULL)
+			return NULL;
+		os_memcpy(tstr, value, tlen);
+		tstr[tlen] = '\0';
+
+		str = os_malloc(tlen + 1);
+		if (str == NULL) {
+			os_free(tstr);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+
+		*len = printf_decode((u8 *) str, tlen + 1, tstr);
+		os_free(tstr);
+
+		return str;
+	} else {
+		u8 *str;
+		size_t tlen, hlen = os_strlen(value);
+		if (hlen & 1)
+			return NULL;
+		tlen = hlen / 2;
+		str = os_malloc(tlen + 1);
+		if (str == NULL)
+			return NULL;
+		if (hexstr2bin(value, str, tlen)) {
+			os_free(str);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		str[tlen] = '\0';
+		*len = tlen;
+		return (char *) str;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/common.h b/src/utils/common.h
index fbc61191e..3833ce264 100644
--- a/src/utils/common.h
+++ b/src/utils/common.h
@@ -446,6 +446,8 @@ size_t printf_decode(u8 *buf, size_t maxlen, const char *str);
 
 const char * wpa_ssid_txt(const u8 *ssid, size_t ssid_len);
 
+char * wpa_config_parse_string(const char *value, size_t *len);
+
 static inline int is_zero_ether_addr(const u8 *a)
 {
 	return !(a[0] | a[1] | a[2] | a[3] | a[4] | a[5]);
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/config.c b/wpa_supplicant/config.c
index c09f3104e..c3cbca6c0 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/config.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/config.c
@@ -53,67 +53,6 @@ struct parse_data {
 };
 
 
-static char * wpa_config_parse_string(const char *value, size_t *len)
-{
-	if (*value == '"') {
-		const char *pos;
-		char *str;
-		value++;
-		pos = os_strrchr(value, '"');
-		if (pos == NULL || pos[1] != '\0')
-			return NULL;
-		*len = pos - value;
-		str = os_malloc(*len + 1);
-		if (str == NULL)
-			return NULL;
-		os_memcpy(str, value, *len);
-		str[*len] = '\0';
-		return str;
-	} else if (*value == 'P' && value[1] == '"') {
-		const char *pos;
-		char *tstr, *str;
-		size_t tlen;
-		value += 2;
-		pos = os_strrchr(value, '"');
-		if (pos == NULL || pos[1] != '\0')
-			return NULL;
-		tlen = pos - value;
-		tstr = os_malloc(tlen + 1);
-		if (tstr == NULL)
-			return NULL;
-		os_memcpy(tstr, value, tlen);
-		tstr[tlen] = '\0';
-
-		str = os_malloc(tlen + 1);
-		if (str == NULL) {
-			os_free(tstr);
-			return NULL;
-		}
-
-		*len = printf_decode((u8 *) str, tlen + 1, tstr);
-		os_free(tstr);
-
-		return str;
-	} else {
-		u8 *str;
-		size_t tlen, hlen = os_strlen(value);
-		if (hlen & 1)
-			return NULL;
-		tlen = hlen / 2;
-		str = os_malloc(tlen + 1);
-		if (str == NULL)
-			return NULL;
-		if (hexstr2bin(value, str, tlen)) {
-			os_free(str);
-			return NULL;
-		}
-		str[tlen] = '\0';
-		*len = tlen;
-		return (char *) str;
-	}
-}
-
-
 static int wpa_config_parse_str(const struct parse_data *data,
 				struct wpa_ssid *ssid,
 				int line, const char *value)