diff --git a/include/haproxy/cs_utils.h b/include/haproxy/cs_utils.h
index bfee8fddd..bc864100e 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/cs_utils.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/cs_utils.h
@@ -108,6 +108,17 @@ static inline int cs_state_in(enum cs_state state, enum cs_state_bit mask)
 	return !!(cs_state_bit(state) & mask);
 }
 
+/* Returns true if a connection is attached to the conn-stream <cs> and if this
+ * connection is ready.
+ */
+static inline int cs_conn_ready(struct conn_stream *cs)
+{
+	struct connection *conn = cs_conn(cs);
+
+	return conn && conn_ctrl_ready(conn) && conn_xprt_ready(conn);
+}
+
+
 /* Returns the source address of the conn-stream and, if not set, fallbacks on
  * the session for frontend CS and the server connection for the backend CS. It
  * returns a const address on success or NULL on failure.
diff --git a/include/haproxy/stream_interface.h b/include/haproxy/stream_interface.h
index dbe11985e..9aba8478c 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/stream_interface.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/stream_interface.h
@@ -127,16 +127,6 @@ static inline void si_applet_release(struct stream_interface *si)
 		appctx->applet->release(appctx);
 }
 
-/* Returns true if a connection is attached to the stream interface <si> and
- * if this connection is ready.
- */
-static inline int si_conn_ready(struct stream_interface *si)
-{
-	struct connection *conn = cs_conn(si->cs);
-
-	return conn && conn_ctrl_ready(conn) && conn_xprt_ready(conn);
-}
-
 /* Returns non-zero if the stream interface's Rx path is blocked */
 static inline int si_rx_blocked(const struct stream_interface *si)
 {
diff --git a/src/cli.c b/src/cli.c
index baea805e1..6039fb926 100644
--- a/src/cli.c
+++ b/src/cli.c
@@ -2753,7 +2753,7 @@ int pcli_wait_for_response(struct stream *s, struct channel *rep, int an_bit)
 		/* only release our endpoint if we don't intend to reuse the
 		 * connection.
 		 */
-		if (!si_conn_ready(cs_si(s->csb))) {
+		if (!cs_conn_ready(s->csb)) {
 			s->srv_conn = NULL;
 			if (cs_reset_endp(s->csb) < 0) {
 				if (!s->conn_err_type)