diff --git a/grub-core/kern/emu/misc.c b/grub-core/kern/emu/misc.c
index bb606da28..06985013d 100644
--- a/grub-core/kern/emu/misc.c
+++ b/grub-core/kern/emu/misc.c
@@ -149,3 +149,51 @@ grub_get_time_ms (void)
 
   return (tv.tv_sec * 1000 + tv.tv_usec / 1000);
 }
+
+size_t
+grub_util_get_image_size (const char *path)
+{
+  FILE *f;
+  size_t ret;
+  off_t sz;
+
+  f = grub_util_fopen (path, "rb");
+
+  if (!f)
+    grub_util_error (_("cannot open `%s': %s"), path, strerror (errno));
+
+  fseeko (f, 0, SEEK_END);
+  
+  sz = ftello (f);
+  if (sz < 0)
+    grub_util_error (_("cannot open `%s': %s"), path, strerror (errno));
+  if (sz != (size_t) sz)
+    grub_util_error (_("file `%s' is too big"), path);
+  ret = (size_t) sz;
+
+  fclose (f);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+void
+grub_util_load_image (const char *path, char *buf)
+{
+  FILE *fp;
+  size_t size;
+
+  grub_util_info ("reading %s", path);
+
+  size = grub_util_get_image_size (path);
+
+  fp = grub_util_fopen (path, "rb");
+  if (! fp)
+    grub_util_error (_("cannot open `%s': %s"), path,
+		     strerror (errno));
+
+  if (fread (buf, 1, size, fp) != size)
+    grub_util_error (_("cannot read `%s': %s"), path,
+		     strerror (errno));
+
+  fclose (fp);
+}
diff --git a/util/misc.c b/util/misc.c
index b8ec69108..d545212d9 100644
--- a/util/misc.c
+++ b/util/misc.c
@@ -74,32 +74,6 @@ grub_util_get_path (const char *dir, const char *file)
   return path;
 }
 
-size_t
-grub_util_get_image_size (const char *path)
-{
-  FILE *f;
-  size_t ret;
-  off_t sz;
-
-  f = grub_util_fopen (path, "rb");
-
-  if (!f)
-    grub_util_error (_("cannot open `%s': %s"), path, strerror (errno));
-
-  fseeko (f, 0, SEEK_END);
-  
-  sz = ftello (f);
-  if (sz < 0)
-    grub_util_error (_("cannot open `%s': %s"), path, strerror (errno));
-  if (sz != (size_t) sz)
-    grub_util_error (_("file `%s' is too big"), path);
-  ret = (size_t) sz;
-
-  fclose (f);
-
-  return ret;
-}
-
 char *
 grub_util_read_image (const char *path)
 {
@@ -126,28 +100,6 @@ grub_util_read_image (const char *path)
   return img;
 }
 
-void
-grub_util_load_image (const char *path, char *buf)
-{
-  FILE *fp;
-  size_t size;
-
-  grub_util_info ("reading %s", path);
-
-  size = grub_util_get_image_size (path);
-
-  fp = grub_util_fopen (path, "rb");
-  if (! fp)
-    grub_util_error (_("cannot open `%s': %s"), path,
-		     strerror (errno));
-
-  if (fread (buf, 1, size, fp) != size)
-    grub_util_error (_("cannot read `%s': %s"), path,
-		     strerror (errno));
-
-  fclose (fp);
-}
-
 void
 grub_util_write_image_at (const void *img, size_t size, off_t offset, FILE *out,
 			  const char *name)