diff --git a/common/path-utils.c b/common/path-utils.c
index 175da572..480f41b9 100644
--- a/common/path-utils.c
+++ b/common/path-utils.c
@@ -393,6 +393,43 @@ int arg_copy_path(char *dest, const char *src, int destlen)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int path_cat_out(char *out, const char *p1, const char *p2)
+{
+	int p1_len = strlen(p1);
+	int p2_len = strlen(p2);
+
+	if (p1_len + p2_len + 2 >= PATH_MAX)
+		return -ENAMETOOLONG;
+
+	if (p1_len && p1[p1_len - 1] == '/')
+		p1_len--;
+	if (p2_len && p2[p2_len - 1] == '/')
+		p2_len--;
+	sprintf(out, "%.*s/%.*s", p1_len, p1, p2_len, p2);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int path_cat3_out(char *out, const char *p1, const char *p2, const char *p3)
+{
+	int p1_len = strlen(p1);
+	int p2_len = strlen(p2);
+	int p3_len = strlen(p3);
+
+	if (p1_len + p2_len + p3_len + 3 >= PATH_MAX)
+		return -ENAMETOOLONG;
+
+	if (p1_len && p1[p1_len - 1] == '/')
+		p1_len--;
+	if (p2_len && p2[p2_len - 1] == '/')
+		p2_len--;
+	if (p3_len && p3[p3_len - 1] == '/')
+		p3_len--;
+	sprintf(out, "%.*s/%.*s/%.*s", p1_len, p1, p2_len, p2, p3_len, p3);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* Subvolume helper functions */
 /*
  * test if name is a correct subvolume name
diff --git a/common/path-utils.h b/common/path-utils.h
index 0cabcb7d..d1b5e4e5 100644
--- a/common/path-utils.h
+++ b/common/path-utils.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ char *canonicalize_dm_name(const char *ptname);
 char *canonicalize_path(const char *path);
 
 int arg_copy_path(char *dest, const char *src, int destlen);
+int path_cat_out(char *out, const char *p1, const char *p2);
+int path_cat3_out(char *out, const char *p1, const char *p2, const char *p3);
 
 char *__strncpy_null(char *dest, const char *src, size_t n);
 /* Helper to always get proper size of the destination string */
diff --git a/common/send-utils.c b/common/send-utils.c
index 58eca58f..6778e2c6 100644
--- a/common/send-utils.c
+++ b/common/send-utils.c
@@ -749,40 +749,3 @@ void subvol_uuid_search_finit(struct subvol_uuid_search *s)
 {
 }
 #endif
-
-int path_cat_out(char *out, const char *p1, const char *p2)
-{
-	int p1_len = strlen(p1);
-	int p2_len = strlen(p2);
-
-	if (p1_len + p2_len + 2 >= PATH_MAX)
-		return -ENAMETOOLONG;
-
-	if (p1_len && p1[p1_len - 1] == '/')
-		p1_len--;
-	if (p2_len && p2[p2_len - 1] == '/')
-		p2_len--;
-	sprintf(out, "%.*s/%.*s", p1_len, p1, p2_len, p2);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int path_cat3_out(char *out, const char *p1, const char *p2, const char *p3)
-{
-	int p1_len = strlen(p1);
-	int p2_len = strlen(p2);
-	int p3_len = strlen(p3);
-
-	if (p1_len + p2_len + p3_len + 3 >= PATH_MAX)
-		return -ENAMETOOLONG;
-
-	if (p1_len && p1[p1_len - 1] == '/')
-		p1_len--;
-	if (p2_len && p2[p2_len - 1] == '/')
-		p2_len--;
-	if (p3_len && p3[p3_len - 1] == '/')
-		p3_len--;
-	sprintf(out, "%.*s/%.*s/%.*s", p1_len, p1, p2_len, p2, p3_len, p3);
-
-	return 0;
-}