diff --git a/src/internal/locale_impl.h b/src/internal/locale_impl.h
index d5a3cc94fcdc035e9ef6ef07111950221ffbd120..a0863045a9395662eef0fb362c29d8035608ed49 100644
--- a/src/internal/locale_impl.h
+++ b/src/internal/locale_impl.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const struct __locale_map *__get_locale(int, const char *);
 const char *__mo_lookup(const void *, size_t, const char *);
 const char *__lctrans(const char *, const struct __locale_map *);
 const char *__lctrans_cur(const char *);
+int __loc_is_allocated(locale_t);
 
 #define LCTRANS(msg, lc, loc) __lctrans(msg, (loc)->cat[(lc)])
 #define LCTRANS_CUR(msg) __lctrans_cur(msg)
diff --git a/src/locale/freelocale.c b/src/locale/freelocale.c
index c2ae1a318069376823527d79f4b19a9e8974823e..e75acd66ae03b305f95ad6a1cc3cff3be3e5e3ec 100644
--- a/src/locale/freelocale.c
+++ b/src/locale/freelocale.c
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 #include "locale_impl.h"
 #include "libc.h"
 
-int __loc_is_allocated(locale_t);
-
 void freelocale(locale_t l)
 {
 	if (__loc_is_allocated(l)) free(l);