diff --git a/include/proto/proto_http.h b/include/proto/proto_http.h
index d62cd9b..8385dc6 100644
--- a/include/proto/proto_http.h
+++ b/include/proto/proto_http.h
@@ -135,6 +135,18 @@
 struct action_kw *action_http_res_custom(const char *kw);
 int val_hdr(struct arg *arg, char **err_msg);
 
+int smp_prefetch_http(struct proxy *px, struct stream *s, unsigned int opt,
+                  const struct arg *args, struct sample *smp, int req_vol);
+
+/* Note: these functions *do* modify the sample. Even in case of success, at
+ * least the type and uint value are modified.
+ */
+#define CHECK_HTTP_MESSAGE_FIRST() \
+	do { int r = smp_prefetch_http(smp->px, smp->strm, smp->opt, args, smp, 1); if (r <= 0) return r; } while (0)
+
+#define CHECK_HTTP_MESSAGE_FIRST_PERM() \
+	do { int r = smp_prefetch_http(smp->px, smp->strm, smp->opt, args, smp, 0); if (r <= 0) return r; } while (0)
+
 static inline void http_req_keywords_register(struct action_kw_list *kw_list)
 {
 	LIST_ADDQ(&http_req_keywords.list, &kw_list->list);
diff --git a/src/proto_http.c b/src/proto_http.c
index eb3582b..0fb57d3 100644
--- a/src/proto_http.c
+++ b/src/proto_http.c
@@ -10015,8 +10015,7 @@
  *     we'll never have any HTTP message there ;
  *   1 if an HTTP message is ready
  */
-static int
-smp_prefetch_http(struct proxy *px, struct stream *s, unsigned int opt,
+int smp_prefetch_http(struct proxy *px, struct stream *s, unsigned int opt,
                   const struct arg *args, struct sample *smp, int req_vol)
 {
 	struct http_txn *txn;
@@ -10110,16 +10109,6 @@
 	return 1;
 }
 
-/* Note: these functinos *do* modify the sample. Even in case of success, at
- * least the type and uint value are modified.
- */
-#define CHECK_HTTP_MESSAGE_FIRST() \
-	do { int r = smp_prefetch_http(smp->px, smp->strm, smp->opt, args, smp, 1); if (r <= 0) return r; } while (0)
-
-#define CHECK_HTTP_MESSAGE_FIRST_PERM() \
-	do { int r = smp_prefetch_http(smp->px, smp->strm, smp->opt, args, smp, 0); if (r <= 0) return r; } while (0)
-
-
 /* 1. Check on METHOD
  * We use the pre-parsed method if it is known, and store its number as an
  * integer. If it is unknown, we use the pointer and the length.