diff --git a/include/utils.h b/include/utils.h
index e2073844..17043925 100644
--- a/include/utils.h
+++ b/include/utils.h
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ int get_be16(__be16 *val, const char *arg, int base);
 int get_addr64(__u64 *ap, const char *cp);
 int get_rate(unsigned int *rate, const char *str);
 int get_rate64(__u64 *rate, const char *str);
+int get_size(unsigned int *size, const char *str);
 
 int hex2mem(const char *buf, uint8_t *mem, int count);
 char *hexstring_n2a(const __u8 *str, int len, char *buf, int blen);
diff --git a/lib/utils.c b/lib/utils.c
index 1237ae40..de875639 100644
--- a/lib/utils.c
+++ b/lib/utils.c
@@ -592,6 +592,41 @@ int get_rate64(__u64 *rate, const char *str)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int get_size(unsigned int *size, const char *str)
+{
+	double sz;
+	char *p;
+
+	sz = strtod(str, &p);
+	if (p == str)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (*p) {
+		if (strcasecmp(p, "kb") == 0 || strcasecmp(p, "k") == 0)
+			sz *= 1024;
+		else if (strcasecmp(p, "gb") == 0 || strcasecmp(p, "g") == 0)
+			sz *= 1024*1024*1024;
+		else if (strcasecmp(p, "gbit") == 0)
+			sz *= 1024*1024*1024/8;
+		else if (strcasecmp(p, "mb") == 0 || strcasecmp(p, "m") == 0)
+			sz *= 1024*1024;
+		else if (strcasecmp(p, "mbit") == 0)
+			sz *= 1024*1024/8;
+		else if (strcasecmp(p, "kbit") == 0)
+			sz *= 1024/8;
+		else if (strcasecmp(p, "b") != 0)
+			return -1;
+	}
+
+	*size = sz;
+
+	/* detect if an overflow happened */
+	if (*size != floor(sz))
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void set_address_type(inet_prefix *addr)
 {
 	switch (addr->family) {
diff --git a/tc/tc_util.c b/tc/tc_util.c
index 3a133ad8..48065897 100644
--- a/tc/tc_util.c
+++ b/tc/tc_util.c
@@ -258,41 +258,6 @@ char *sprint_ticks(__u32 ticks, char *buf)
 	return sprint_time(tc_core_tick2time(ticks), buf);
 }
 
-int get_size(unsigned int *size, const char *str)
-{
-	double sz;
-	char *p;
-
-	sz = strtod(str, &p);
-	if (p == str)
-		return -1;
-
-	if (*p) {
-		if (strcasecmp(p, "kb") == 0 || strcasecmp(p, "k") == 0)
-			sz *= 1024;
-		else if (strcasecmp(p, "gb") == 0 || strcasecmp(p, "g") == 0)
-			sz *= 1024*1024*1024;
-		else if (strcasecmp(p, "gbit") == 0)
-			sz *= 1024*1024*1024/8;
-		else if (strcasecmp(p, "mb") == 0 || strcasecmp(p, "m") == 0)
-			sz *= 1024*1024;
-		else if (strcasecmp(p, "mbit") == 0)
-			sz *= 1024*1024/8;
-		else if (strcasecmp(p, "kbit") == 0)
-			sz *= 1024/8;
-		else if (strcasecmp(p, "b") != 0)
-			return -1;
-	}
-
-	*size = sz;
-
-	/* detect if an overflow happened */
-	if (*size != floor(sz))
-		return -1;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 int get_size_and_cell(unsigned int *size, int *cell_log, char *str)
 {
 	char *slash = strchr(str, '/');
diff --git a/tc/tc_util.h b/tc/tc_util.h
index 675fb342..b197bcdd 100644
--- a/tc/tc_util.h
+++ b/tc/tc_util.h
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ struct filter_util *get_filter_kind(const char *str);
 int get_qdisc_handle(__u32 *h, const char *str);
 int get_percent_rate(unsigned int *rate, const char *str, const char *dev);
 int get_percent_rate64(__u64 *rate, const char *str, const char *dev);
-int get_size(unsigned int *size, const char *str);
 int get_size_and_cell(unsigned int *size, int *cell_log, char *str);
 int get_linklayer(unsigned int *val, const char *arg);