diff --git a/fsfeatures.c b/fsfeatures.c
index 7d85d60f..13ad0308 100644
--- a/fsfeatures.c
+++ b/fsfeatures.c
@@ -225,3 +225,26 @@ u32 get_running_kernel_version(void)
 	return version;
 }
 
+int btrfs_check_nodesize(u32 nodesize, u32 sectorsize, u64 features)
+{
+	if (nodesize < sectorsize) {
+		error("illegal nodesize %u (smaller than %u)",
+				nodesize, sectorsize);
+		return -1;
+	} else if (nodesize > BTRFS_MAX_METADATA_BLOCKSIZE) {
+		error("illegal nodesize %u (larger than %u)",
+			nodesize, BTRFS_MAX_METADATA_BLOCKSIZE);
+		return -1;
+	} else if (nodesize & (sectorsize - 1)) {
+		error("illegal nodesize %u (not aligned to %u)",
+			nodesize, sectorsize);
+		return -1;
+	} else if (features & BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_MIXED_GROUPS &&
+		   nodesize != sectorsize) {
+		error(
+		"illegal nodesize %u (not equal to %u for mixed block group)",
+			nodesize, sectorsize);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index bba29305..5b983375 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -2266,29 +2266,6 @@ int btrfs_tree_search2_ioctl_supported(int fd)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int btrfs_check_nodesize(u32 nodesize, u32 sectorsize, u64 features)
-{
-	if (nodesize < sectorsize) {
-		error("illegal nodesize %u (smaller than %u)",
-				nodesize, sectorsize);
-		return -1;
-	} else if (nodesize > BTRFS_MAX_METADATA_BLOCKSIZE) {
-		error("illegal nodesize %u (larger than %u)",
-			nodesize, BTRFS_MAX_METADATA_BLOCKSIZE);
-		return -1;
-	} else if (nodesize & (sectorsize - 1)) {
-		error("illegal nodesize %u (not aligned to %u)",
-			nodesize, sectorsize);
-		return -1;
-	} else if (features & BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_MIXED_GROUPS &&
-		   nodesize != sectorsize) {
-		error("illegal nodesize %u (not equal to %u for mixed block group)",
-			nodesize, sectorsize);
-		return -1;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * Copy a path argument from SRC to DEST and check the SRC length if it's at
  * most PATH_MAX and fits into DEST. DESTLEN is supposed to be exact size of