diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 714a10f2d2..1771bb5e43 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -774,24 +774,6 @@ int mingw_chmod(const char *filename, int mode)
 	return _wchmod(wfilename, mode);
 }
 
-/*
- * The unit of FILETIME is 100-nanoseconds since January 1, 1601, UTC.
- * Returns the 100-nanoseconds ("hekto nanoseconds") since the epoch.
- */
-static inline long long filetime_to_hnsec(const FILETIME *ft)
-{
-	long long winTime = ((long long)ft->dwHighDateTime << 32) + ft->dwLowDateTime;
-	/* Windows to Unix Epoch conversion */
-	return winTime - 116444736000000000LL;
-}
-
-static inline void filetime_to_timespec(const FILETIME *ft, struct timespec *ts)
-{
-	long long hnsec = filetime_to_hnsec(ft);
-	ts->tv_sec = (time_t)(hnsec / 10000000);
-	ts->tv_nsec = (hnsec % 10000000) * 100;
-}
-
 /**
  * Verifies that safe_create_leading_directories() would succeed.
  */
diff --git a/compat/mingw.h b/compat/mingw.h
index 611e04f2e5..a3379284c7 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.h
+++ b/compat/mingw.h
@@ -351,6 +351,17 @@ static inline int getrlimit(int resource, struct rlimit *rlp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * The unit of FILETIME is 100-nanoseconds since January 1, 1601, UTC.
+ * Returns the 100-nanoseconds ("hekto nanoseconds") since the epoch.
+ */
+static inline long long filetime_to_hnsec(const FILETIME *ft)
+{
+	long long winTime = ((long long)ft->dwHighDateTime << 32) + ft->dwLowDateTime;
+	/* Windows to Unix Epoch conversion */
+	return winTime - 116444736000000000LL;
+}
+
 /*
  * Use mingw specific stat()/lstat()/fstat() implementations on Windows,
  * including our own struct stat with 64 bit st_size and nanosecond-precision
@@ -367,6 +378,13 @@ struct timespec {
 #endif
 #endif
 
+static inline void filetime_to_timespec(const FILETIME *ft, struct timespec *ts)
+{
+	long long hnsec = filetime_to_hnsec(ft);
+	ts->tv_sec = (time_t)(hnsec / 10000000);
+	ts->tv_nsec = (hnsec % 10000000) * 100;
+}
+
 struct mingw_stat {
     _dev_t st_dev;
     _ino_t st_ino;