diff --git a/libretro-common/formats/png/rpng.c b/libretro-common/formats/png/rpng.c
index 9649ab7e9c..a91d3d475c 100644
--- a/libretro-common/formats/png/rpng.c
+++ b/libretro-common/formats/png/rpng.c
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ enum png_process_code
    PNG_PROCESS_END       =  1
 };
 
+static INLINE uint32_t dword_be(const uint8_t *buf)
+{
+   return (buf[0] << 24) | (buf[1] << 16) | (buf[2] << 8) | (buf[3] << 0);
+}
+
 static enum png_chunk_type png_chunk_type(const struct png_chunk *chunk)
 {
    unsigned i;
diff --git a/libretro-common/formats/png/rpng_internal.h b/libretro-common/formats/png/rpng_internal.h
index fbf64eea07..449e526f96 100644
--- a/libretro-common/formats/png/rpng_internal.h
+++ b/libretro-common/formats/png/rpng_internal.h
@@ -160,11 +160,6 @@ static INLINE int paeth(int a, int b, int c)
    return c;
 }
 
-static INLINE uint32_t dword_be(const uint8_t *buf)
-{
-   return (buf[0] << 24) | (buf[1] << 16) | (buf[2] << 8) | (buf[3] << 0);
-}
-
 int rpng_load_image_argb_process_inflate_init(rpng_t *rpng,
       uint32_t **data, unsigned *width, unsigned *height);