1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libnetdata/string/string.h b/libnetdata/string/string.h
index 70840ee9a..ba0e3876b 100644
--- a/libnetdata/string/string.h
+++ b/libnetdata/string/string.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ STRING *string_dup(STRING *string);
 void string_freez(STRING *string);
 size_t string_strlen(STRING *string);
 const char *string2str(STRING *string) NEVERNULL;
-int string_strcmp(STRING *string, const char *s);
 
 // keep common prefix/suffix and replace everything else with [x]
 STRING *string_2way_merge(STRING *a, STRING *b);
@@ -24,6 +23,10 @@ static inline int string_cmp(STRING *s1, STRING *s2) {
     return (s1 == s2)?0:strcmp(string2str(s1), string2str(s2));
 }
 
+static inline int string_strcmp(STRING *string, const char *s) {
+    return strcmp(string2str(string), s);
+}
+
 void string_statistics(size_t *inserts, size_t *deletes, size_t *searches, size_t *entries, size_t *references, size_t *memory, size_t *duplications, size_t *releases);
 
 int string_unittest(size_t entries);