diff --git a/cmd/nvedit.c b/cmd/nvedit.c
index 751b77d0e986ae918438b1e5c33f54c8ae75ef34..01110e9b3a6ac24bc9c0a54aa8399f303117fcaf 100644
--- a/cmd/nvedit.c
+++ b/cmd/nvedit.c
@@ -358,18 +358,6 @@ ulong env_get_hex(const char *varname, ulong default_val)
 	return value;
 }
 
-void eth_parse_enetaddr(const char *addr, uint8_t *enetaddr)
-{
-	char *end;
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < 6; ++i) {
-		enetaddr[i] = addr ? simple_strtoul(addr, &end, 16) : 0;
-		if (addr)
-			addr = (*end) ? end + 1 : end;
-	}
-}
-
 int eth_env_get_enetaddr(const char *name, uint8_t *enetaddr)
 {
 	eth_parse_enetaddr(env_get(name), enetaddr);
diff --git a/include/environment.h b/include/environment.h
index 77915f459e8a0acab93c9068fbf73e816b43152a..0de9d3fc600b868e07afce6af52a8881296127e6 100644
--- a/include/environment.h
+++ b/include/environment.h
@@ -325,8 +325,6 @@ int env_erase(void);
  */
 void env_fix_drivers(void);
 
-void eth_parse_enetaddr(const char *addr, uint8_t *enetaddr);
-
 #endif /* DO_DEPS_ONLY */
 
 #endif /* _ENVIRONMENT_H_ */
diff --git a/include/net.h b/include/net.h
index 0262175c81632d8648ccbd423b9e36f00e1404ab..a54d5eeac5fc95232089ac2f577ec0ffec667e23 100644
--- a/include/net.h
+++ b/include/net.h
@@ -875,4 +875,15 @@ int update_tftp(ulong addr, char *interface, char *devstring);
 
 /**********************************************************************/
 
+/**
+ * eth_parse_enetaddr() - Parse a MAC address
+ *
+ * Convert a string MAC address
+ *
+ * @addr: MAC address in aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff format, where each part is a 2-digit
+ *	hex value
+ * @enetaddr: Place to put MAC address (6 bytes)
+ */
+void eth_parse_enetaddr(const char *addr, uint8_t *enetaddr);
+
 #endif /* __NET_H__ */
diff --git a/net/net.c b/net/net.c
index 1a175c45973dc0f57d65a8698f27b7f0c21cafb2..f0a3996cd610e933c6017b924b507dda84014c03 100644
--- a/net/net.c
+++ b/net/net.c
@@ -1614,3 +1614,15 @@ ushort env_get_vlan(char *var)
 {
 	return string_to_vlan(env_get(var));
 }
+
+void eth_parse_enetaddr(const char *addr, uint8_t *enetaddr)
+{
+	char *end;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 6; ++i) {
+		enetaddr[i] = addr ? simple_strtoul(addr, &end, 16) : 0;
+		if (addr)
+			addr = (*end) ? end + 1 : end;
+	}
+}