diff --git a/src/net_permissions.cpp b/src/net_permissions.cpp
index 1871cd6d36a..da091498560 100644
--- a/src/net_permissions.cpp
+++ b/src/net_permissions.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ const std::vector<std::string> NET_PERMISSIONS_DOC{
     "mempool (allow requesting BIP35 mempool contents)",
 };
 
+namespace {
+
 // The parse the following format "perm1,perm2@xxxxxx"
 bool TryParsePermissionFlags(const std::string str, NetPermissionFlags& output, size_t& readen, bilingual_str& error)
 {
@@ -60,6 +62,8 @@ bool TryParsePermissionFlags(const std::string str, NetPermissionFlags& output,
     return true;
 }
 
+}
+
 std::vector<std::string> NetPermissions::ToStrings(NetPermissionFlags flags)
 {
     std::vector<std::string> strings;