diff --git a/lib/include/openamp/rpmsg.h b/lib/include/openamp/rpmsg.h
index c5ed7da3b..e4f268d3a 100644
--- a/lib/include/openamp/rpmsg.h
+++ b/lib/include/openamp/rpmsg.h
@@ -110,6 +110,19 @@ struct rpmsg_device {
 	bool support_ns;
 };
 
+/**
+ * is_rpmsg_ept_ready - check if the rpmsg endpoint ready to send
+ *
+ * @ept: pointer to rpmsg endpoint
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if the rpmsg endpoint has both local addr and destination
+ * addr set, 0 otherwise
+ */
+static inline unsigned int is_rpmsg_ept_ready(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept)
+{
+	return ept && ept->rdev && ept->dest_addr != RPMSG_ADDR_ANY;
+}
+
 /**
  * rpmsg_send_offchannel_raw() - send a message across to the remote processor,
  * specifying source and destination address.
@@ -332,19 +345,6 @@ int rpmsg_create_ept(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept, struct rpmsg_device *rdev,
  */
 void rpmsg_destroy_ept(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept);
 
-/**
- * is_rpmsg_ept_ready - check if the rpmsg endpoint ready to send
- *
- * @ept: pointer to rpmsg endpoint
- *
- * Returns 1 if the rpmsg endpoint has both local addr and destination
- * addr set, 0 otherwise
- */
-static inline unsigned int is_rpmsg_ept_ready(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept)
-{
-	return ept && ept->rdev && ept->dest_addr != RPMSG_ADDR_ANY;
-}
-
 #if defined __cplusplus
 }
 #endif