diff --git a/src/app/config/config.c b/src/app/config/config.c
index 901ed92e57..e568d0a580 100644
--- a/src/app/config/config.c
+++ b/src/app/config/config.c
@@ -5632,27 +5632,6 @@ warn_nonlocal_client_ports(const smartlist_t *ports,
   } SMARTLIST_FOREACH_END(port);
 }
 
-/** Warn for every Extended ORPort port in <b>ports</b> that is on a
- *  publicly routable address. */
-static void
-warn_nonlocal_ext_orports(const smartlist_t *ports, const char *portname)
-{
-  SMARTLIST_FOREACH_BEGIN(ports, const port_cfg_t *, port) {
-    if (port->type != CONN_TYPE_EXT_OR_LISTENER)
-      continue;
-    if (port->is_unix_addr)
-      continue;
-    /* XXX maybe warn even if address is RFC1918? */
-    if (!tor_addr_is_internal(&port->addr, 1)) {
-      log_warn(LD_CONFIG, "You specified a public address '%s' for %sPort. "
-               "This is not advised; this address is supposed to only be "
-               "exposed on localhost so that your pluggable transport "
-               "proxies can connect to it.",
-               fmt_addrport(&port->addr, port->port), portname);
-    }
-  } SMARTLIST_FOREACH_END(port);
-}
-
 /** Given a list of port_cfg_t in <b>ports</b>, warn if any controller port
  * there is listening on any non-loopback address.  If <b>forbid_nonlocal</b>
  * is true, then emit a stronger warning and remove the port from the list.
diff --git a/src/feature/relay/relay_config.c b/src/feature/relay/relay_config.c
index 7ef2a15132..d8c4f0f100 100644
--- a/src/feature/relay/relay_config.c
+++ b/src/feature/relay/relay_config.c
@@ -111,6 +111,27 @@ get_effective_bwburst(const or_options_t *options)
   return (uint32_t)bw;
 }
 
+/** Warn for every Extended ORPort port in <b>ports</b> that is on a
+ *  publicly routable address. */
+void
+warn_nonlocal_ext_orports(const smartlist_t *ports, const char *portname)
+{
+  SMARTLIST_FOREACH_BEGIN(ports, const port_cfg_t *, port) {
+    if (port->type != CONN_TYPE_EXT_OR_LISTENER)
+      continue;
+    if (port->is_unix_addr)
+      continue;
+    /* XXX maybe warn even if address is RFC1918? */
+    if (!tor_addr_is_internal(&port->addr, 1)) {
+      log_warn(LD_CONFIG, "You specified a public address '%s' for %sPort. "
+               "This is not advised; this address is supposed to only be "
+               "exposed on localhost so that your pluggable transport "
+               "proxies can connect to it.",
+               fmt_addrport(&port->addr, port->port), portname);
+    }
+  } SMARTLIST_FOREACH_END(port);
+}
+
 /** Given a list of <b>port_cfg_t</b> in <b>ports</b>, check them for internal
  * consistency and warn as appropriate.  On Unix-based OSes, set
  * *<b>n_low_ports_out</b> to the number of sub-1024 ports we will be
diff --git a/src/feature/relay/relay_config.h b/src/feature/relay/relay_config.h
index 3a9ea418ba..13ab0fe7f2 100644
--- a/src/feature/relay/relay_config.h
+++ b/src/feature/relay/relay_config.h
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ void relay_config_free_all(void);
 uint32_t get_effective_bwrate(const or_options_t *options);
 uint32_t get_effective_bwburst(const or_options_t *options);
 
+void warn_nonlocal_ext_orports(const smartlist_t *ports,
+                               const char *portname);
+
 int parse_ports_relay(or_options_t *options,
                       char **msg,
                       smartlist_t *ports_out,