diff --git a/src/basic/fd-util.h b/src/basic/fd-util.h
index 75cc5310c7..25ad3e9361 100644
--- a/src/basic/fd-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/fd-util.h
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@
 #  endif
 #endif
 
+/* On musl, O_ACCMODE is defined as (03|O_SEARCH), unlike glibc which defines it as
+ * (O_RDONLY|O_WRONLY|O_RDWR). Additionally, O_SEARCH is simply defined as O_PATH. This changes the behaviour
+ * of O_ACCMODE in certain situations, which we don't want. This definition is copied from glibc and works
+ * around the problems with musl's definition. */
+#define O_ACCMODE_STRICT (O_RDONLY|O_WRONLY|O_RDWR)
+
 int close_nointr(int fd);
 int safe_close(int fd);
 void safe_close_pair(int p[static 2]);
diff --git a/src/basic/include/fcntl.h b/src/basic/include/fcntl.h
index 344287f768..5f1d90ad79 100644
--- a/src/basic/include/fcntl.h
+++ b/src/basic/include/fcntl.h
@@ -17,9 +17,3 @@
 #ifndef AT_HANDLE_FID
 #define AT_HANDLE_FID AT_REMOVEDIR
 #endif
-
-/* On musl, O_ACCMODE is defined as (03|O_SEARCH), unlike glibc which defines it as
- * (O_RDONLY|O_WRONLY|O_RDWR). Additionally, O_SEARCH is simply defined as O_PATH. This changes the behaviour
- * of O_ACCMODE in certain situations, which we don't want. This definition is copied from glibc and works
- * around the problems with musl's definition. */
-#define O_ACCMODE_STRICT (O_RDONLY|O_WRONLY|O_RDWR)
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-file.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-file.c
index 224c3e23c7..baabb92fd7 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-file.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-file.c
@@ -4694,6 +4694,11 @@ bool journal_file_rotate_suggested(JournalFile *f, usec_t max_file_usec, int log
         return false;
 }
 
+bool journal_file_writable(JournalFile *f) {
+        assert(f);
+        return (f->open_flags & O_ACCMODE_STRICT) != O_RDONLY;
+}
+
 static const char * const journal_object_type_table[] = {
         [OBJECT_UNUSED]           = "unused",
         [OBJECT_DATA]             = "data",
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-file.h b/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-file.h
index 9598879066..4a5e0d81e2 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-file.h
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-journal/journal-file.h
@@ -378,7 +378,4 @@ static inline uint32_t COMPRESSION_TO_HEADER_INCOMPATIBLE_FLAG(Compression c) {
         }
 }
 
-static inline bool journal_file_writable(JournalFile *f) {
-        assert(f);
-        return (f->open_flags & O_ACCMODE_STRICT) != O_RDONLY;
-}
+bool journal_file_writable(JournalFile *f);
diff --git a/src/shared/journal-file-util.c b/src/shared/journal-file-util.c
index ce799e9256..990146b624 100644
--- a/src/shared/journal-file-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/journal-file-util.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "chattr-util.h"
 #include "copy.h"
 #include "errno-util.h"
+#include "fd-util.h"
 #include "journal-authenticate.h"
 #include "journal-file-util.h"
 #include "log.h"