diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index 35c2a0a63991acc27795069536650c9316888d9c..f7b6e074b2718ee380243e262a4a0658a126f53e 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -2920,15 +2920,6 @@ void av_free_static(void);
  */
 void *av_mallocz_static(unsigned int size);
 
-/**
- * Same as av_mallocz_static(), but does a realloc.
- *
- * @param[in] ptr The block of memory to reallocate.
- * @param[in] size The requested size.
- * @return Block of memory of requested size.
- */
-void *av_realloc_static(void *ptr, unsigned int size);
-
 void img_copy(AVPicture *dst, const AVPicture *src,
               int pix_fmt, int width, int height);
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/bitstream.c b/libavcodec/bitstream.c
index 22d256df51a7be4737350aa3a49c73bd33f69dd5..1e71745782f2857be680a8f5bcacb447ff4fb61f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/bitstream.c
+++ b/libavcodec/bitstream.c
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@
 #include "avcodec.h"
 #include "bitstream.h"
 
+/**
+ * Same as av_mallocz_static(), but does a realloc.
+ *
+ * @param[in] ptr The block of memory to reallocate.
+ * @param[in] size The requested size.
+ * @return Block of memory of requested size.
+ */
+void *av_realloc_static(void *ptr, unsigned int size);
+
 void align_put_bits(PutBitContext *s)
 {
 #ifdef ALT_BITSTREAM_WRITER