diff --git a/libdm/libdm-targets.c b/libdm/libdm-targets.c
index fd74336aa..8a8a328d1 100644
--- a/libdm/libdm-targets.c
+++ b/libdm/libdm-targets.c
@@ -54,6 +54,18 @@ int dm_get_status_snapshot(struct dm_pool *mem, const char *params,
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Skip nr fields each delimited by a single space.
+ * FIXME Don't assume single space.
+ */
+static const char *_skip_fields(const char *p, unsigned nr)
+{
+	while (p && nr-- && (p = strchr(p, ' ')))
+		p++;
+
+	return p;
+}
+
 /*
  * Various RAID status versions include:
  * Versions < 1.5.0 (4 fields):
@@ -132,17 +144,6 @@ bad:
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * Skip nr fields delimited by a single space.
- */
-static const char *_skip_fields(const char *p, unsigned nr)
-{
-	while (p && nr-- && (p = strchr(p, ' ')))
-		p++;
-
-	return p;
-}
-
 /*
  * <metadata block size> <#used metadata blocks>/<#total metadata blocks>
  * <cache block size> <#used cache blocks>/<#total cache blocks>