diff --git a/include/haproxy/sample.h b/include/haproxy/sample.h
index aac6efa..e1d0a86 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/sample.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/sample.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 struct sample *sample_fetch_as_type(struct proxy *px, struct session *sess,
                                    struct stream *strm, unsigned int opt,
                                    struct sample_expr *expr, int smp_type);
+int sample_conv_var2smp_sint(const struct arg *arg, struct sample *smp);
 void release_sample_expr(struct sample_expr *expr);
 void sample_register_fetches(struct sample_fetch_kw_list *psl);
 void sample_register_convs(struct sample_conv_kw_list *psl);
diff --git a/src/sample.c b/src/sample.c
index c010580..bf97579 100644
--- a/src/sample.c
+++ b/src/sample.c
@@ -2869,7 +2869,7 @@
  *
  * This function returns 0 if an error occurs, otherwise it returns 1.
  */
-static inline int sample_conv_var2smp(const struct arg *arg, struct sample *smp)
+int sample_conv_var2smp_sint(const struct arg *arg, struct sample *smp)
 {
 	switch (arg->type) {
 	case ARGT_SINT:
@@ -2906,7 +2906,7 @@
 	struct sample tmp;
 
 	smp_set_owner(&tmp, smp->px, smp->sess, smp->strm, smp->opt);
-	if (!sample_conv_var2smp(arg_p, &tmp))
+	if (!sample_conv_var2smp_sint(arg_p, &tmp))
 		return 0;
 	smp->data.u.sint &= tmp.data.u.sint;
 	return 1;
@@ -2920,7 +2920,7 @@
 	struct sample tmp;
 
 	smp_set_owner(&tmp, smp->px, smp->sess, smp->strm, smp->opt);
-	if (!sample_conv_var2smp(arg_p, &tmp))
+	if (!sample_conv_var2smp_sint(arg_p, &tmp))
 		return 0;
 	smp->data.u.sint |= tmp.data.u.sint;
 	return 1;
@@ -2934,7 +2934,7 @@
 	struct sample tmp;
 
 	smp_set_owner(&tmp, smp->px, smp->sess, smp->strm, smp->opt);
-	if (!sample_conv_var2smp(arg_p, &tmp))
+	if (!sample_conv_var2smp_sint(arg_p, &tmp))
 		return 0;
 	smp->data.u.sint ^= tmp.data.u.sint;
 	return 1;
@@ -2974,7 +2974,7 @@
 	struct sample tmp;
 
 	smp_set_owner(&tmp, smp->px, smp->sess, smp->strm, smp->opt);
-	if (!sample_conv_var2smp(arg_p, &tmp))
+	if (!sample_conv_var2smp_sint(arg_p, &tmp))
 		return 0;
 	smp->data.u.sint = arith_add(smp->data.u.sint, tmp.data.u.sint);
 	return 1;
@@ -2989,7 +2989,7 @@
 	struct sample tmp;
 
 	smp_set_owner(&tmp, smp->px, smp->sess, smp->strm, smp->opt);
-	if (!sample_conv_var2smp(arg_p, &tmp))
+	if (!sample_conv_var2smp_sint(arg_p, &tmp))
 		return 0;
 
 	/* We cannot represent -LLONG_MIN because abs(LLONG_MIN) is greater
@@ -3022,7 +3022,7 @@
 	long long int c;
 
 	smp_set_owner(&tmp, smp->px, smp->sess, smp->strm, smp->opt);
-	if (!sample_conv_var2smp(arg_p, &tmp))
+	if (!sample_conv_var2smp_sint(arg_p, &tmp))
 		return 0;
 
 	/* prevent divide by 0 during the check */
@@ -3066,7 +3066,7 @@
 	struct sample tmp;
 
 	smp_set_owner(&tmp, smp->px, smp->sess, smp->strm, smp->opt);
-	if (!sample_conv_var2smp(arg_p, &tmp))
+	if (!sample_conv_var2smp_sint(arg_p, &tmp))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (tmp.data.u.sint) {
@@ -3094,7 +3094,7 @@
 	struct sample tmp;
 
 	smp_set_owner(&tmp, smp->px, smp->sess, smp->strm, smp->opt);
-	if (!sample_conv_var2smp(arg_p, &tmp))
+	if (!sample_conv_var2smp_sint(arg_p, &tmp))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (tmp.data.u.sint) {