diff --git a/include/utils.h b/include/utils.h
index ec0231f9..1d9c1127 100644
--- a/include/utils.h
+++ b/include/utils.h
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ int get_addr_rta(inet_prefix *dst, const struct rtattr *rta, int family);
 int get_addr_ila(__u64 *val, const char *arg);
 
 int read_prop(const char *dev, char *prop, long *value);
-int parse_percent(double *val, const char *str);
 int get_hex(char c);
 int get_integer(int *val, const char *arg, int base);
 int get_unsigned(unsigned *val, const char *arg, int base);
diff --git a/lib/utils.c b/lib/utils.c
index be0f11b0..5da9a478 100644
--- a/lib/utils.c
+++ b/lib/utils.c
@@ -101,22 +101,6 @@ out:
 	return -1;
 }
 
-/* Parse a percent e.g: '30%'
- * return: 0 = ok, -1 = error, 1 = out of range
- */
-int parse_percent(double *val, const char *str)
-{
-	char *p;
-
-	*val = strtod(str, &p) / 100.;
-	if (*val == HUGE_VALF || *val == HUGE_VALL)
-		return 1;
-	if (*p && strcmp(p, "%"))
-		return -1;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 int get_hex(char c)
 {
 	if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'F')
diff --git a/tc/tc_util.c b/tc/tc_util.c
index e5d15281..53d15e08 100644
--- a/tc/tc_util.c
+++ b/tc/tc_util.c
@@ -190,6 +190,22 @@ static const struct rate_suffix {
 	{ NULL }
 };
 
+/* Parse a percent e.g: '30%'
+ * return: 0 = ok, -1 = error, 1 = out of range
+ */
+int parse_percent(double *val, const char *str)
+{
+	char *p;
+
+	*val = strtod(str, &p) / 100.;
+	if (*val == HUGE_VALF || *val == HUGE_VALL)
+		return 1;
+	if (*p && strcmp(p, "%"))
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int parse_percent_rate(char *rate, size_t len,
 			      const char *str, const char *dev)
 {
diff --git a/tc/tc_util.h b/tc/tc_util.h
index 825fea36..eb4b60db 100644
--- a/tc/tc_util.h
+++ b/tc/tc_util.h
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ int print_tc_classid(char *buf, int len, __u32 h);
 char *sprint_tc_classid(__u32 h, char *buf);
 
 int tc_print_police(FILE *f, struct rtattr *tb);
+int parse_percent(double *val, const char *str);
 int parse_police(int *argc_p, char ***argv_p, int tca_id, struct nlmsghdr *n);
 
 int parse_action_control(int *argc_p, char ***argv_p,