diff --git a/include/sysfs.h b/include/sysfs.h
index 739f9de12..2b77bf6da 100644
--- a/include/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/sysfs.h
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ extern int sysfs_is_partition_dirent(DIR *dir, struct dirent *d,
 extern int sysfs_devno_to_wholedisk(dev_t dev, char *diskname,
             size_t len, dev_t *diskdevno);
 
+extern int sysfs_devno_is_lvm_private(dev_t devno);
+
 extern int sysfs_scsi_get_hctl(struct sysfs_cxt *cxt, int *h,
 			       int *c, int *t, int *l);
 extern char *sysfs_scsi_host_strdup_attribute(struct sysfs_cxt *cxt,
diff --git a/lib/sysfs.c b/lib/sysfs.c
index b51a4ff26..fe85f34cf 100644
--- a/lib/sysfs.c
+++ b/lib/sysfs.c
@@ -629,6 +629,34 @@ err:
     return -1;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Returns 1 if the device is private LVM device.
+ */
+int sysfs_devno_is_lvm_private(dev_t devno)
+{
+	struct sysfs_cxt cxt = UL_SYSFSCXT_EMPTY;
+	char *uuid = NULL;
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	if (sysfs_init(&cxt, devno, NULL) != 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	uuid = sysfs_strdup(&cxt, "dm/uuid");
+
+	/* Private LVM devices use "LVM-<uuid>-<name>" uuid format (important
+	 * is the "LVM" prefix and "-<name>" postfix).
+	 */
+	if (uuid && strncmp(uuid, "LVM-", 4) == 0) {
+		char *p = strrchr(uuid + 4, '-');
+
+		if (p && *(p + 1))
+			rc = 1;
+	}
+
+	sysfs_deinit(&cxt);
+	free(uuid);
+	return rc;
+}
 
 int sysfs_scsi_get_hctl(struct sysfs_cxt *cxt, int *h, int *c, int *t, int *l)
 {
diff --git a/libblkid/src/blkidP.h b/libblkid/src/blkidP.h
index 538a368b5..05d81e0d3 100644
--- a/libblkid/src/blkidP.h
+++ b/libblkid/src/blkidP.h
@@ -348,7 +348,6 @@ extern void blkid__scan_dir(char *, dev_t, struct dir_list **, char **)
 			__attribute__((nonnull(1,4)));
 extern int blkid_driver_has_major(const char *drvname, int major)
 			__attribute__((warn_unused_result));
-extern int blkid_lvm_private(dev_t devno);
 
 /* lseek.c */
 extern blkid_loff_t blkid_llseek(int fd, blkid_loff_t offset, int whence);
diff --git a/libblkid/src/devno.c b/libblkid/src/devno.c
index de65dd4b4..f4a36e4f5 100644
--- a/libblkid/src/devno.c
+++ b/libblkid/src/devno.c
@@ -326,35 +326,6 @@ int blkid_driver_has_major(const char *drvname, int major)
 	return match;
 }
 
-/*
- * Returns 1 if the device is private LVM device.
- */
-int blkid_lvm_private(dev_t devno)
-{
-	struct sysfs_cxt cxt = UL_SYSFSCXT_EMPTY;
-	char *uuid = NULL;
-	int rc = 0;
-
-	if (sysfs_init(&cxt, devno, NULL) != 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	uuid = sysfs_strdup(&cxt, "dm/uuid");
-
-	/* Private LVM devices use "LVM-<uuid>-<name>" uuid format (important
-	 * is the "LVM" prefix and "-<name>" postfix).
-	 */
-	if (uuid && strncmp(uuid, "LVM-", 4) == 0) {
-		char *p = strrchr(uuid + 4, '-');
-
-		if (p && *(p + 1))
-			rc = 1;
-	}
-
-	sysfs_deinit(&cxt);
-	free(uuid);
-	return rc;
-}
-
 #ifdef TEST_PROGRAM
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
diff --git a/libblkid/src/probe.c b/libblkid/src/probe.c
index f2431dcf4..fbb07b1b7 100644
--- a/libblkid/src/probe.c
+++ b/libblkid/src/probe.c
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ int blkid_probe_set_device(blkid_probe pr, int fd,
 	if (pr->size <= 1440 * 1024 && !S_ISCHR(sb.st_mode))
 		pr->flags |= BLKID_FL_TINY_DEV;
 
-	if (S_ISBLK(sb.st_mode) && blkid_lvm_private(sb.st_rdev)) {
+	if (S_ISBLK(sb.st_mode) && sysfs_devno_is_lvm_private(sb.st_rdev)) {
 		DBG(LOWPROBE, ul_debug("ignore private LVM device"));
 		pr->flags |= BLKID_FL_NOSCAN_DEV;
 	}
diff --git a/libblkid/src/verify.c b/libblkid/src/verify.c
index b245daa01..9dfdcc4fa 100644
--- a/libblkid/src/verify.c
+++ b/libblkid/src/verify.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ blkid_dev blkid_verify(blkid_cache cache, blkid_dev dev)
 		   (unsigned long)diff));
 #endif
 
-	if (blkid_lvm_private(st.st_rdev)) {
+	if (sysfs_devno_is_lvm_private(st.st_rdev)) {
 		blkid_free_dev(dev);
 		return NULL;
 	}