diff --git a/src/shared/bootspec.c b/src/shared/bootspec.c
index 188ab1d6635..fd08e22bf9b 100644
--- a/src/shared/bootspec.c
+++ b/src/shared/bootspec.c
@@ -986,3 +986,15 @@ int boot_entries_augment_from_loader(
 
         return 0;
 }
+
+BootEntry* boot_config_find_entry(BootConfig *config, const char *id) {
+        assert(config);
+        assert(id);
+
+        for (size_t j = 0; j < config->n_entries; j++)
+                if (streq_ptr(config->entries[j].id, id) ||
+                    streq_ptr(config->entries[j].id_old, id))
+                        return config->entries + j;
+
+        return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/src/shared/bootspec.h b/src/shared/bootspec.h
index 0f199d5ee90..02ccd90aee7 100644
--- a/src/shared/bootspec.h
+++ b/src/shared/bootspec.h
@@ -69,17 +69,7 @@ typedef struct BootConfig {
                 .selected_entry = -1, \
         }
 
-static inline BootEntry* boot_config_find_entry(BootConfig *config, const char *id) {
-        assert(config);
-        assert(id);
-
-        for (size_t j = 0; j < config->n_entries; j++)
-                if (streq_ptr(config->entries[j].id, id) ||
-                    streq_ptr(config->entries[j].id_old, id))
-                        return config->entries + j;
-
-        return NULL;
-}
+BootEntry* boot_config_find_entry(BootConfig *config, const char *id);
 
 static inline BootEntry* boot_config_default_entry(BootConfig *config) {
         assert(config);