diff --git a/src/app/config/config.h b/src/app/config/config.h
index 04d877e9da..f2408bc4f9 100644
--- a/src/app/config/config.h
+++ b/src/app/config/config.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ const char *escaped_safe_str(const char *address);
 void init_protocol_warning_severity_level(void);
 int get_protocol_warning_severity_level(void);
 
+#define LOG_PROTOCOL_WARN (get_protocol_warning_severity_level())
+
 /** An error from options_trial_assign() or options_init_from_string(). */
 typedef enum setopt_err_t {
   SETOPT_OK = 0,
diff --git a/src/core/or/or.h b/src/core/or/or.h
index 488a0fb09c..5b35cbe7f1 100644
--- a/src/core/or/or.h
+++ b/src/core/or/or.h
@@ -995,8 +995,6 @@ typedef struct routerset_t routerset_t;
 
 typedef struct or_options_t or_options_t;
 
-#define LOG_PROTOCOL_WARN (get_protocol_warning_severity_level())
-
 typedef struct or_state_t or_state_t;
 
 #define MAX_SOCKS_ADDR_LEN 256