diff --git a/include/haproxy/action.h b/include/haproxy/action.h
index dba1408b9..3841df990 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/action.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/action.h
@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@ static inline void release_timeout_action(struct act_rule *rule)
 	release_sample_expr(rule->arg.timeout.expr);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Release expr_int rule argument when action is no longer used
+ */
+static inline void release_expr_int_action(struct act_rule *rule)
+{
+	release_sample_expr(rule->arg.expr_int.expr);
+}
+
 struct act_rule *new_act_rule(enum act_from from, const char *file, int linenum);
 void free_act_rules(struct list *rules);
 void dump_act_rules(const struct list *rules, const char *pfx);
diff --git a/src/tcp_act.c b/src/tcp_act.c
index c9c4a5c32..c8f5ca286 100644
--- a/src/tcp_act.c
+++ b/src/tcp_act.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <netinet/tcp.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 
-#include <haproxy/action-t.h>
+#include <haproxy/action.h>
 #include <haproxy/api.h>
 #include <haproxy/arg.h>
 #include <haproxy/channel.h>
@@ -484,14 +484,6 @@ static void release_set_src_dst_action(struct act_rule *rule)
 	release_sample_expr(rule->arg.expr);
 }
 
-/*
- * Release expr_int rule argument when action is no longer used
- */
-static __maybe_unused void release_expr_int_action(struct act_rule *rule)
-{
-	release_sample_expr(rule->arg.expr_int.expr);
-}
-
 static int tcp_check_attach_srv(struct act_rule *rule, struct proxy *px, char **err)
 {
 	struct proxy *be = NULL;