diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index 3f953a72d..f5aa6abde 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -422,6 +422,26 @@ CNode* ConnectNode(CAddress addrConnect, const char *pszDest)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+static void DumpBanlist()
+{
+    CNode::SweepBanned(); // clean unused entries (if bantime has expired)
+
+    if (!CNode::BannedSetIsDirty())
+        return;
+
+    int64_t nStart = GetTimeMillis();
+
+    CBanDB bandb;
+    banmap_t banmap;
+    CNode::SetBannedSetDirty(false);
+    CNode::GetBanned(banmap);
+    if (!bandb.Write(banmap))
+        CNode::SetBannedSetDirty(true);
+
+    LogPrint("net", "Flushed %d banned node ips/subnets to banlist.dat  %dms\n",
+        banmap.size(), GetTimeMillis() - nStart);
+}
+
 void CNode::CloseSocketDisconnect()
 {
     fDisconnect = true;
@@ -2607,26 +2627,6 @@ bool CBanDB::Read(banmap_t& banSet)
     return true;
 }
 
-void DumpBanlist()
-{
-    CNode::SweepBanned(); // clean unused entries (if bantime has expired)
-
-    if (!CNode::BannedSetIsDirty())
-        return;
-
-    int64_t nStart = GetTimeMillis();
-
-    CBanDB bandb;
-    banmap_t banmap;
-    CNode::SetBannedSetDirty(false);
-    CNode::GetBanned(banmap);
-    if (!bandb.Write(banmap))
-        CNode::SetBannedSetDirty(true);
-
-    LogPrint("net", "Flushed %d banned node ips/subnets to banlist.dat  %dms\n",
-        banmap.size(), GetTimeMillis() - nStart);
-}
-
 int64_t PoissonNextSend(int64_t nNow, int average_interval_seconds) {
     return nNow + (int64_t)(log1p(GetRand(1ULL << 48) * -0.0000000000000035527136788 /* -1/2^48 */) * average_interval_seconds * -1000000.0 + 0.5);
 }
diff --git a/src/net.h b/src/net.h
index b6ec7bf3e..167dc36a5 100644
--- a/src/net.h
+++ b/src/net.h
@@ -807,8 +807,6 @@ public:
     bool Read(banmap_t& banSet);
 };
 
-void DumpBanlist();
-
 /** Return a timestamp in the future (in microseconds) for exponentially distributed events. */
 int64_t PoissonNextSend(int64_t nNow, int average_interval_seconds);