diff --git a/libavcodec/get_bits.h b/libavcodec/get_bits.h
index b8debb9d028e26681059ef12ea6da2bfdd64b0fd..ce765119e7ee750911e0d6033643a4e76c410a35 100644
--- a/libavcodec/get_bits.h
+++ b/libavcodec/get_bits.h
@@ -364,15 +364,6 @@ static inline unsigned int show_bits_long(GetBitContext *s, int n)
     }
 }
 
-static inline int check_marker(GetBitContext *s, const char *msg)
-{
-    int bit = get_bits1(s);
-    if (!bit)
-        av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_INFO, "Marker bit missing %s\n", msg);
-
-    return bit;
-}
-
 /**
  * Initialize GetBitContext.
  * @param buffer bitstream buffer, must be AV_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE bytes
diff --git a/libavcodec/mpeg4videodec.c b/libavcodec/mpeg4videodec.c
index 40d281bea70aac1be7b75f32471b44dfae755061..1c1a9c0e67ca38bbc26a576ae9e9338115abde59 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpeg4videodec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpeg4videodec.c
@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ static const int mb_type_b_map[4] = {
     MB_TYPE_L0      | MB_TYPE_16x16,
 };
 
+static inline int check_marker(GetBitContext *s, const char *msg)
+{
+    int bit = get_bits1(s);
+    if (!bit)
+        av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_INFO, "Marker bit missing %s\n", msg);
+
+    return bit;
+}
+
 /**
  * Predict the ac.
  * @param n block index (0-3 are luma, 4-5 are chroma)