diff --git a/library/bignum.c b/library/bignum.c
index 0df325d..da115a7 100644
--- a/library/bignum.c
+++ b/library/bignum.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "bn_mul.h"
 #include "mbedtls/platform_util.h"
 #include "mbedtls/error.h"
+#include "constant_time.h"
 
 #include <string.h>
 
@@ -2227,42 +2228,6 @@
     mpi_montmul( A, &U, N, mm, T );
 }
 
-/*
- * Constant-flow boolean "equal" comparison:
- * return x == y
- *
- * This function can be used to write constant-time code by replacing branches
- * with bit operations - it can be used in conjunction with
- * mbedtls_ssl_cf_mask_from_bit().
- *
- * This function is implemented without using comparison operators, as those
- * might be translated to branches by some compilers on some platforms.
- */
-static size_t mbedtls_cf_size_bool_eq( size_t x, size_t y )
-{
-    /* diff = 0 if x == y, non-zero otherwise */
-    const size_t diff = x ^ y;
-
-    /* MSVC has a warning about unary minus on unsigned integer types,
-     * but this is well-defined and precisely what we want to do here. */
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-#pragma warning( push )
-#pragma warning( disable : 4146 )
-#endif
-
-    /* diff_msb's most significant bit is equal to x != y */
-    const size_t diff_msb = ( diff | (size_t) -diff );
-
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-#pragma warning( pop )
-#endif
-
-    /* diff1 = (x != y) ? 1 : 0 */
-    const size_t diff1 = diff_msb >> ( sizeof( diff_msb ) * 8 - 1 );
-
-    return( 1 ^ diff1 );
-}
-
 /**
  * Select an MPI from a table without leaking the index.
  *
diff --git a/library/constant_time.c b/library/constant_time.c
index b53d06b..d73f4fe 100644
--- a/library/constant_time.c
+++ b/library/constant_time.c
@@ -177,3 +177,39 @@
 {
     return( ~mbedtls_cf_size_mask_lt( x, y ) );
 }
+
+/*
+ * Constant-flow boolean "equal" comparison:
+ * return x == y
+ *
+ * This function can be used to write constant-time code by replacing branches
+ * with bit operations - it can be used in conjunction with
+ * mbedtls_ssl_cf_mask_from_bit().
+ *
+ * This function is implemented without using comparison operators, as those
+ * might be translated to branches by some compilers on some platforms.
+ */
+size_t mbedtls_cf_size_bool_eq( size_t x, size_t y )
+{
+    /* diff = 0 if x == y, non-zero otherwise */
+    const size_t diff = x ^ y;
+
+    /* MSVC has a warning about unary minus on unsigned integer types,
+     * but this is well-defined and precisely what we want to do here. */
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+#pragma warning( push )
+#pragma warning( disable : 4146 )
+#endif
+
+    /* diff_msb's most significant bit is equal to x != y */
+    const size_t diff_msb = ( diff | (size_t) -diff );
+
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+#pragma warning( pop )
+#endif
+
+    /* diff1 = (x != y) ? 1 : 0 */
+    const size_t diff1 = diff_msb >> ( sizeof( diff_msb ) * 8 - 1 );
+
+    return( 1 ^ diff1 );
+}
diff --git a/library/constant_time.h b/library/constant_time.h
index 8e8992d..50108d7 100644
--- a/library/constant_time.h
+++ b/library/constant_time.h
@@ -37,3 +37,5 @@
 size_t mbedtls_cf_size_mask_lt( size_t x, size_t y );
 
 size_t mbedtls_cf_size_mask_ge( size_t x, size_t y );
+
+size_t mbedtls_cf_size_bool_eq( size_t x, size_t y );
diff --git a/library/ssl_msg.c b/library/ssl_msg.c
index fedaab7..301e50e 100644
--- a/library/ssl_msg.c
+++ b/library/ssl_msg.c
@@ -939,41 +939,6 @@
 }
 
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_SOME_SUITES_USE_TLS_CBC)
-/*
- * Constant-flow boolean "equal" comparison:
- * return x == y
- *
- * This function can be used to write constant-time code by replacing branches
- * with bit operations - it can be used in conjunction with
- * mbedtls_cf_size_mask().
- *
- * This function is implemented without using comparison operators, as those
- * might be translated to branches by some compilers on some platforms.
- */
-static size_t mbedtls_cf_size_bool_eq( size_t x, size_t y )
-{
-    /* diff = 0 if x == y, non-zero otherwise */
-    const size_t diff = x ^ y;
-
-    /* MSVC has a warning about unary minus on unsigned integer types,
-     * but this is well-defined and precisely what we want to do here. */
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-#pragma warning( push )
-#pragma warning( disable : 4146 )
-#endif
-
-    /* diff_msb's most significant bit is equal to x != y */
-    const size_t diff_msb = ( diff | -diff );
-
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-#pragma warning( pop )
-#endif
-
-    /* diff1 = (x != y) ? 1 : 0 */
-    const size_t diff1 = diff_msb >> ( sizeof( diff_msb ) * 8 - 1 );
-
-    return( 1 ^ diff1 );
-}
 
 /*
  * Constant-flow conditional memcpy: