diff --git a/src/shared/dissect-image.c b/src/shared/dissect-image.c
index 27c93198ab..27262814a3 100644
--- a/src/shared/dissect-image.c
+++ b/src/shared/dissect-image.c
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ static void check_partition_flags(
 }
 #endif
 
-static int make_image_name(const char *path, char **ret) {
+int dissected_image_name_from_path(const char *path, char **ret) {
         int r;
 
         assert(path);
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ static int dissected_image_new(const char *path, DissectedImage **ret) {
         assert(ret);
 
         if (path) {
-                r = make_image_name(path, &name);
+                r = dissected_image_name_from_path(path, &name);
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;
         }
@@ -5310,7 +5310,7 @@ int mountfsd_mount_image(
                 return r;
 
         if (!di->image_name) {
-                r = make_image_name(path, &di->image_name);
+                r = dissected_image_name_from_path(path, &di->image_name);
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;
         }
diff --git a/src/shared/dissect-image.h b/src/shared/dissect-image.h
index dfafa623f9..aa8c6a2737 100644
--- a/src/shared/dissect-image.h
+++ b/src/shared/dissect-image.h
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ int dissected_image_mount(DissectedImage *m, const char *where, uid_t uid_shift,
 int dissected_image_mount_and_warn(DissectedImage *m, const char *where, uid_t uid_shift, uid_t uid_range, int userns_fd, DissectImageFlags flags);
 
 int dissected_image_acquire_metadata(DissectedImage *m, int userns_fd, DissectImageFlags extra_flags);
+int dissected_image_name_from_path(const char *path, char **ret);
 
 Architecture dissected_image_architecture(DissectedImage *m);