diff --git a/src/main-ctl-unix.c b/src/main-ctl-unix.c
index 578c1691..d464a411 100644
--- a/src/main-ctl-unix.c
+++ b/src/main-ctl-unix.c
@@ -623,16 +623,6 @@ static void method_unban_ip(method_ctx *ctx,
 	return;
 }
 
-static void terminate_proc(main_server_st *s, proc_st *proc)
-{
-	/* if it has an IP, send a signal so that we cleanup
-	 * and get stats properly */
-	if (proc->pid != -1 && proc->pid != 0)
-                kill(proc->pid, SIGTERM);
-	else
-		remove_proc(s, proc, 1);
-}
-
 static void method_disconnect_user_name(method_ctx *ctx,
 					int cfd, uint8_t * msg,
 					unsigned msg_size)
diff --git a/src/main-ctl.h b/src/main-ctl.h
index a93ebd6a..ac3881dd 100644
--- a/src/main-ctl.h
+++ b/src/main-ctl.h
@@ -9,4 +9,14 @@ void ctl_handler_deinit(main_server_st* s);
 int ctl_handler_set_fds(main_server_st* s, fd_set *rd_set, fd_set *wr_set);
 void ctl_handler_run_pending(main_server_st* s, fd_set *rd_set, fd_set *wr_set);
 
+inline static void terminate_proc(main_server_st *s, proc_st *proc)
+{
+	/* if it has an IP, send a signal so that we cleanup
+	 * and get stats properly */
+	if (proc->pid != -1 && proc->pid != 0)
+                kill(proc->pid, SIGTERM);
+	else
+		remove_proc(s, proc, 1);
+}
+
 #endif