diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/flock.cc b/winsup/cygwin/flock.cc
index bd7a16d91..2f12fc07e 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/flock.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/flock.cc
@@ -216,22 +216,6 @@ allow_others_to_sync ()
   done = true;
 }
 
-/* Get the handle count of an object. */
-static ULONG
-get_obj_handle_count (HANDLE h)
-{
-  OBJECT_BASIC_INFORMATION obi;
-  NTSTATUS status;
-  ULONG hdl_cnt = 0;
-
-  status = NtQueryObject (h, ObjectBasicInformation, &obi, sizeof obi, NULL);
-  if (!NT_SUCCESS (status))
-    debug_printf ("NtQueryObject: %y", status);
-  else
-    hdl_cnt = obi.HandleCount;
-  return hdl_cnt;
-}
-
 /* Helper struct to construct a local OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES on the stack. */
 struct lockfattr_t
 {
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/miscfuncs.cc b/winsup/cygwin/miscfuncs.cc
index 024ad70ba..adf9a3d0f 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/miscfuncs.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/miscfuncs.cc
@@ -18,6 +18,22 @@ details. */
 #include "tls_pbuf.h"
 #include "mmap_alloc.h"
 
+/* Get handle count of an object. */
+ULONG
+get_obj_handle_count (HANDLE h)
+{
+  OBJECT_BASIC_INFORMATION obi;
+  NTSTATUS status;
+  ULONG hdl_cnt = 0;
+
+  status = NtQueryObject (h, ObjectBasicInformation, &obi, sizeof obi, NULL);
+  if (!NT_SUCCESS (status))
+    debug_printf ("NtQueryObject: %y", status);
+  else
+    hdl_cnt = obi.HandleCount;
+  return hdl_cnt;
+}
+
 int __reg2
 check_invalid_virtual_addr (const void *s, unsigned sz)
 {
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/miscfuncs.h b/winsup/cygwin/miscfuncs.h
index 1ff7ee0d3..47cef6f20 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/miscfuncs.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/miscfuncs.h
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ transform_chars (PUNICODE_STRING upath, USHORT start_idx)
 
 PWCHAR transform_chars_af_unix (PWCHAR, const char *, __socklen_t);
 
+/* Get handle count of an object. */
+ULONG get_obj_handle_count (HANDLE h);
+
 /* Memory checking */
 int __reg2 check_invalid_virtual_addr (const void *s, unsigned sz);