diff --git a/src/basic/path-lookup.c b/src/basic/path-lookup.c
index 1969aa9882..6fb8c40e7a 100644
--- a/src/basic/path-lookup.c
+++ b/src/basic/path-lookup.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "fs-util.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "macro.h"
+#include "nulstr-util.h"
 #include "path-lookup.h"
 #include "path-util.h"
 #include "stat-util.h"
@@ -864,3 +865,30 @@ char **env_generator_binary_paths(bool is_system) {
 
         return TAKE_PTR(paths);
 }
+
+int find_portable_profile(const char *name, const char *unit, char **ret_path) {
+        const char *p, *dot;
+
+        assert(name);
+        assert(ret_path);
+
+        assert_se(dot = strrchr(unit, '.'));
+
+        NULSTR_FOREACH(p, PORTABLE_PROFILE_DIRS) {
+                _cleanup_free_ char *joined = NULL;
+
+                joined = strjoin(p, "/", name, "/", dot + 1, ".conf");
+                if (!joined)
+                        return -ENOMEM;
+
+                if (laccess(joined, F_OK) >= 0) {
+                        *ret_path = TAKE_PTR(joined);
+                        return 0;
+                }
+
+                if (errno != ENOENT)
+                        return -errno;
+        }
+
+        return -ENOENT;
+}
diff --git a/src/basic/path-lookup.h b/src/basic/path-lookup.h
index 088bb9b57c..af85dc7b4f 100644
--- a/src/basic/path-lookup.h
+++ b/src/basic/path-lookup.h
@@ -72,3 +72,6 @@ char **env_generator_binary_paths(bool is_system);
 
 #define NETWORK_DIRS ((const char* const*) CONF_PATHS_STRV("systemd/network"))
 #define NETWORK_DIRS_NULSTR CONF_PATHS_NULSTR("systemd/network")
+
+#define PORTABLE_PROFILE_DIRS CONF_PATHS_NULSTR("systemd/portable/profile")
+int find_portable_profile(const char *name, const char *unit, char **ret_path);
diff --git a/src/portable/portable.c b/src/portable/portable.c
index 2d1006eabd..8b088f3e32 100644
--- a/src/portable/portable.c
+++ b/src/portable/portable.c
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@
 #include "tmpfile-util.h"
 #include "user-util.h"
 
-static const char profile_dirs[] = CONF_PATHS_NULSTR("systemd/portable/profile");
-
 /* Markers used in the first line of our 20-portable.conf unit file drop-in to determine, that a) the unit file was
  * dropped there by the portable service logic and b) for which image it was dropped there. */
 #define PORTABLE_DROPIN_MARKER_BEGIN "# Drop-in created for image '"
@@ -981,33 +979,6 @@ static int install_chroot_dropin(
         return 0;
 }
 
-static int find_profile(const char *name, const char *unit, char **ret) {
-        const char *p, *dot;
-
-        assert(name);
-        assert(ret);
-
-        assert_se(dot = strrchr(unit, '.'));
-
-        NULSTR_FOREACH(p, profile_dirs) {
-                _cleanup_free_ char *joined = NULL;
-
-                joined = strjoin(p, "/", name, "/", dot + 1, ".conf");
-                if (!joined)
-                        return -ENOMEM;
-
-                if (laccess(joined, F_OK) >= 0) {
-                        *ret = TAKE_PTR(joined);
-                        return 0;
-                }
-
-                if (errno != ENOENT)
-                        return -errno;
-        }
-
-        return -ENOENT;
-}
-
 static int install_profile_dropin(
                 const char *image_path,
                 const PortableMetadata *m,
@@ -1028,7 +999,7 @@ static int install_profile_dropin(
         if (!profile)
                 return 0;
 
-        r = find_profile(profile, m->name, &from);
+        r = find_portable_profile(profile, m->name, &from);
         if (r < 0) {
                 if (r != -ENOENT)
                         return log_debug_errno(errno, "Profile '%s' is not accessible: %m", profile);
@@ -1790,7 +1761,7 @@ int portable_get_state(
 int portable_get_profiles(char ***ret) {
         assert(ret);
 
-        return conf_files_list_nulstr(ret, NULL, NULL, CONF_FILES_DIRECTORY|CONF_FILES_BASENAME|CONF_FILES_FILTER_MASKED, profile_dirs);
+        return conf_files_list_nulstr(ret, NULL, NULL, CONF_FILES_DIRECTORY|CONF_FILES_BASENAME|CONF_FILES_FILTER_MASKED, PORTABLE_PROFILE_DIRS);
 }
 
 static const char* const portable_change_type_table[_PORTABLE_CHANGE_TYPE_MAX] = {