3 files changed, 15 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/src/path.c b/src/path.c
index 6e736f1daa..b4d5687e5c 100644
--- a/src/path.c
+++ b/src/path.c
@@ -284,18 +284,6 @@ char_u *concat_fnames(char_u *fname1, char_u *fname2, int sep)
 }
 
 /*
- * Concatenate two strings and return the result in allocated memory.
- */
-char_u *concat_str(char_u *str1, char_u *str2)
-{
-  size_t l = STRLEN(str1);
-  char_u *dest = xmalloc(l + STRLEN(str2) + 1);
-  STRCPY(dest, str1);
-  STRCPY(dest + l, str2);
-  return dest;
-}
-
-/*
  * Add a path separator to a file name, unless it already ends in a path
  * separator.
  */
diff --git a/src/strings.c b/src/strings.c
index f9c4e2f1db..87d5cc37c5 100644
--- a/src/strings.c
+++ b/src/strings.c
@@ -534,3 +534,17 @@ int has_non_ascii(char_u *s)
   return FALSE;
 }
 #endif
+
+/*
+ * Concatenate two strings and return the result in allocated memory.
+ * Returns NULL when out of memory.
+ */
+char_u *concat_str(char_u *str1, char_u *str2)
+{
+  size_t l = STRLEN(str1);
+  char_u *dest = xmalloc(l + STRLEN(str2) + 1);
+  STRCPY(dest, str1);
+  STRCPY(dest + l, str2);
+  return dest;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/strings.h b/src/strings.h
index bd34d870ea..2a4fd19fb9 100644
--- a/src/strings.h
+++ b/src/strings.h
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ char_u *vim_strbyte(char_u *string, int c);
 char_u *vim_strrchr(char_u *string, int c);
 int vim_isspace(int x);
 void sort_strings(char_u **files, int count);
+char_u *concat_str(char_u *str1, char_u *str2);
 #endif