diff --git a/src/basic/fd-util.h b/src/basic/fd-util.h
index 7d5b9f3083..25ad3e9361 100644
--- a/src/basic/fd-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/fd-util.h
@@ -18,6 +18,38 @@
 #define EBADF_PAIR { -EBADF, -EBADF }
 #define EBADF_TRIPLET { -EBADF, -EBADF, -EBADF }
 
+/* So O_LARGEFILE is generally implied by glibc, and defined to zero hence, because we only build in LFS
+ * mode. However, when invoking fcntl(F_GETFL) the flag is ORed into the result anyway — glibc does not mask
+ * it away. Which sucks. Let's define the actual value here, so that we can mask it ourselves.
+ *
+ * The precise definition is arch specific, so we use the values defined in the kernel (note that some
+ * are hexa and others are octal; duplicated as-is from the kernel definitions):
+ * - alpha, arm, arm64, m68k, mips, parisc, powerpc, sparc: each has a specific value;
+ * - others: they use the "generic" value (defined in include/uapi/asm-generic/fcntl.h) */
+#if O_LARGEFILE != 0
+#  define RAW_O_LARGEFILE O_LARGEFILE
+#else
+#  if defined(__alpha__) || defined(__arm__) || defined(__aarch64__) || defined(__m68k__)
+#    define RAW_O_LARGEFILE 0400000
+#  elif defined(__mips__)
+#    define RAW_O_LARGEFILE 0x2000
+#  elif defined(__parisc__) || defined(__hppa__)
+#    define RAW_O_LARGEFILE 000004000
+#  elif defined(__powerpc__)
+#    define RAW_O_LARGEFILE 0200000
+#  elif defined(__sparc__)
+#    define RAW_O_LARGEFILE 0x40000
+#  else
+#    define RAW_O_LARGEFILE 00100000
+#  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 86e0c8bbf5..5f1d90ad79 100644
--- a/src/basic/include/fcntl.h
+++ b/src/basic/include/fcntl.h
@@ -13,39 +13,7 @@
 #define F_SEAL_EXEC     0x0020  /* prevent chmod modifying exec bits */
 #endif
 
-/* So O_LARGEFILE is generally implied by glibc, and defined to zero hence, because we only build in LFS
- * mode. However, when invoking fcntl(F_GETFL) the flag is ORed into the result anyway — glibc does not mask
- * it away. Which sucks. Let's define the actual value here, so that we can mask it ourselves.
- *
- * The precise definition is arch specific, so we use the values defined in the kernel (note that some
- * are hexa and others are octal; duplicated as-is from the kernel definitions):
- * - alpha, arm, arm64, m68k, mips, parisc, powerpc, sparc: each has a specific value;
- * - others: they use the "generic" value (defined in include/uapi/asm-generic/fcntl.h) */
-#if O_LARGEFILE != 0
-#define RAW_O_LARGEFILE O_LARGEFILE
-#else
-#if defined(__alpha__) || defined(__arm__) || defined(__aarch64__) || defined(__m68k__)
-#define RAW_O_LARGEFILE 0400000
-#elif defined(__mips__)
-#define RAW_O_LARGEFILE 0x2000
-#elif defined(__parisc__) || defined(__hppa__)
-#define RAW_O_LARGEFILE 000004000
-#elif defined(__powerpc__)
-#define RAW_O_LARGEFILE 0200000
-#elif defined(__sparc__)
-#define RAW_O_LARGEFILE 0x40000
-#else
-#define RAW_O_LARGEFILE 00100000
-#endif
-#endif
-
 /* This is defined since glibc-2.39. */
 #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"