diff --git a/include/zephyr/llext/loader.h b/include/zephyr/llext/loader.h
index 3cc53da7d88..3102f17cf1a 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/llext/loader.h
+++ b/include/zephyr/llext/loader.h
@@ -97,6 +97,25 @@ struct llext_loader {
 	/** @endcond */
 };
 
+static inline int llext_read(struct llext_loader *l, void *buf, size_t len)
+{
+	return l->read(l, buf, len);
+}
+
+static inline int llext_seek(struct llext_loader *l, size_t pos)
+{
+	return l->seek(l, pos);
+}
+
+static inline void *llext_peek(struct llext_loader *l, size_t pos)
+{
+	if (l->peek) {
+		return l->peek(l, pos);
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 /**
  * @}
  */
diff --git a/subsys/llext/llext.c b/subsys/llext/llext.c
index d71f2a2a102..e09539c6155 100644
--- a/subsys/llext/llext.c
+++ b/subsys/llext/llext.c
@@ -21,25 +21,6 @@ K_HEAP_DEFINE(llext_heap, CONFIG_LLEXT_HEAP_SIZE * 1024);
 
 static const char ELF_MAGIC[] = {0x7f, 'E', 'L', 'F'};
 
-static inline int llext_read(struct llext_loader *l, void *buf, size_t len)
-{
-	return l->read(l, buf, len);
-}
-
-static inline int llext_seek(struct llext_loader *l, size_t pos)
-{
-	return l->seek(l, pos);
-}
-
-static inline void *llext_peek(struct llext_loader *l, size_t pos)
-{
-	if (l->peek) {
-		return l->peek(l, pos);
-	}
-
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 static sys_slist_t _llext_list = SYS_SLIST_STATIC_INIT(&_llext_list);
 
 sys_slist_t *llext_list(void)