diff --git a/cmds-filesystem.c b/cmds-filesystem.c
index 9c43d351..507239ad 100644
--- a/cmds-filesystem.c
+++ b/cmds-filesystem.c
@@ -311,32 +311,6 @@ static int cmd_sync(int argc, char **argv)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static u64 parse_size(char *s)
-{
-	int len = strlen(s);
-	char c;
-	u64 mult = 1;
-
-	if (!isdigit(s[len - 1])) {
-		c = tolower(s[len - 1]);
-		switch (c) {
-		case 'g':
-			mult *= 1024;
-		case 'm':
-			mult *= 1024;
-		case 'k':
-			mult *= 1024;
-		case 'b':
-			break;
-		default:
-			fprintf(stderr, "Unknown size descriptor %c\n", c);
-			exit(1);
-		}
-		s[len - 1] = '\0';
-	}
-	return atoll(s) * mult;
-}
-
 static int parse_compress_type(char *s)
 {
 	if (strcmp(optarg, "zlib") == 0)
diff --git a/mkfs.c b/mkfs.c
index 7b72926a..fbf83196 100644
--- a/mkfs.c
+++ b/mkfs.c
@@ -55,37 +55,6 @@ struct directory_name_entry {
 	struct list_head list;
 };
 
-static u64 parse_size(char *s)
-{
-	int len = strlen(s);
-	char c;
-	u64 mult = 1;
-	u64 ret;
-
-	s = strdup(s);
-
-	if (len && !isdigit(s[len - 1])) {
-		c = tolower(s[len - 1]);
-		switch (c) {
-		case 'g':
-			mult *= 1024;
-		case 'm':
-			mult *= 1024;
-		case 'k':
-			mult *= 1024;
-		case 'b':
-			break;
-		default:
-			fprintf(stderr, "Unknown size descriptor %c\n", c);
-			exit(1);
-		}
-		s[len - 1] = '\0';
-	}
-	ret = atol(s) * mult;
-	free(s);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static int make_root_dir(struct btrfs_root *root, int mixed)
 {
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index 205e6673..705be7bf 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -1220,3 +1220,29 @@ scan_again:
 	return 0;
 }
 
+u64 parse_size(char *s)
+{
+	int len = strlen(s);
+	char c;
+	u64 mult = 1;
+
+	if (!isdigit(s[len - 1])) {
+		c = tolower(s[len - 1]);
+		switch (c) {
+		case 'g':
+			mult *= 1024;
+		case 'm':
+			mult *= 1024;
+		case 'k':
+			mult *= 1024;
+		case 'b':
+			break;
+		default:
+			fprintf(stderr, "Unknown size descriptor %c\n", c);
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		s[len - 1] = '\0';
+	}
+	return atoll(s) * mult;
+}
+
diff --git a/utils.h b/utils.h
index 3a0368b2..714fd7ac 100644
--- a/utils.h
+++ b/utils.h
@@ -46,4 +46,6 @@ int check_label(char *input);
 int get_mountpt(char *dev, char *mntpt, size_t size);
 
 int btrfs_scan_block_devices(int run_ioctl);
+
+u64 parse_size(char *s);
 #endif