diff --git a/lib/util/iov_buf.c b/lib/util/iov_buf.c
index a9224164068..0c184669721 100644
--- a/lib/util/iov_buf.c
+++ b/lib/util/iov_buf.c
@@ -22,76 +22,6 @@
 #include "iov_buf.h"
 #include <talloc.h>
 
-ssize_t iov_buflen(const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt)
-{
-	return iov_buf(iov, iovcnt, NULL, 0);
-}
-
-ssize_t iov_buf(const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt,
-		uint8_t *buf, size_t buflen)
-{
-	size_t needed = 0;
-	uint8_t *p = buf;
-	int i;
-
-	for (i=0; i<iovcnt; i++) {
-		size_t thislen = iov[i].iov_len;
-		size_t tmp;
-
-		tmp = needed + thislen;
-
-		if (tmp < needed) {
-			/* wrap */
-			return -1;
-		}
-		needed = tmp;
-
-		if ((p != NULL) && needed <= buflen && thislen > 0) {
-			memcpy(p, iov[i].iov_base, thislen);
-			p += thislen;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return needed;
-}
-
-bool iov_advance(struct iovec **iov, int *iovcnt, size_t n)
-{
-	struct iovec *v = *iov;
-	int cnt = *iovcnt;
-
-	while (n > 0) {
-		if (cnt == 0) {
-			return false;
-		}
-		if (n < v->iov_len) {
-			v->iov_base = (char *)v->iov_base + n;
-			v->iov_len -= n;
-			break;
-		}
-		n -= v->iov_len;
-		v += 1;
-		cnt -= 1;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Skip 0-length iovec's
-	 *
-	 * There might be empty buffers at the end of iov. Next time we do a
-	 * readv/writev based on this iov would give 0 transferred bytes, also
-	 * known as EPIPE. So we need to be careful discarding them.
-	 */
-
-	while ((cnt > 0) && (v->iov_len == 0)) {
-		v += 1;
-		cnt -= 1;
-	}
-
-	*iov = v;
-	*iovcnt = cnt;
-	return true;
-}
-
 uint8_t *iov_concat(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const struct iovec *iov, int count)
 {
 	ssize_t buflen;
diff --git a/lib/util/iov_buf.h b/lib/util/iov_buf.h
index 07e08e1650b..cb330dea07a 100644
--- a/lib/util/iov_buf.h
+++ b/lib/util/iov_buf.h
@@ -24,10 +24,79 @@
 #include <talloc.h>
 #include "system/filesys.h"
 
-ssize_t iov_buflen(const struct iovec *iov, int iovlen);
+static inline
 ssize_t iov_buf(const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt,
-		uint8_t *buf, size_t buflen);
-bool iov_advance(struct iovec **iov, int *iovcnt, size_t n);
+		uint8_t *buf, size_t buflen)
+{
+	size_t needed = 0;
+	uint8_t *p = buf;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i=0; i<iovcnt; i++) {
+		size_t thislen = iov[i].iov_len;
+		size_t tmp;
+
+		tmp = needed + thislen;
+
+		if (tmp < needed) {
+			/* wrap */
+			return -1;
+		}
+		needed = tmp;
+
+		if ((p != NULL) && needed <= buflen && thislen > 0) {
+			memcpy(p, iov[i].iov_base, thislen);
+			p += thislen;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return needed;
+}
+
+static inline
+ssize_t iov_buflen(const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt)
+{
+	return iov_buf(iov, iovcnt, NULL, 0);
+}
+
+static inline
+bool iov_advance(struct iovec **iov, int *iovcnt, size_t n)
+{
+	struct iovec *v = *iov;
+	int cnt = *iovcnt;
+
+	while (n > 0) {
+		if (cnt == 0) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		if (n < v->iov_len) {
+			v->iov_base = (char *)v->iov_base + n;
+			v->iov_len -= n;
+			break;
+		}
+		n -= v->iov_len;
+		v += 1;
+		cnt -= 1;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Skip 0-length iovec's
+	 *
+	 * There might be empty buffers at the end of iov. Next time we do a
+	 * readv/writev based on this iov would give 0 transferred bytes, also
+	 * known as EPIPE. So we need to be careful discarding them.
+	 */
+
+	while ((cnt > 0) && (v->iov_len == 0)) {
+		v += 1;
+		cnt -= 1;
+	}
+
+	*iov = v;
+	*iovcnt = cnt;
+	return true;
+}
+
 uint8_t *iov_concat(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const struct iovec *iov, int count);
 
 #endif