diff --git a/disk-image.c b/disk-image.c
index 1a704b3..4172b05 100644
--- a/disk-image.c
+++ b/disk-image.c
@@ -172,3 +172,41 @@ void disk_image__close(struct disk_image *disk)
 
 	free(disk);
 }
+
+/* Fill iov with disk data, starting from sector 'sector'. Return amount of bytes read. */
+ssize_t disk_image__read_sector_iov(struct disk_image *disk, u64 sector, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcount)
+{
+	u64 first_sector = sector;
+
+	if (disk->ops->read_sector_iov)
+		return disk->ops->read_sector_iov(disk, sector, iov, iovcount);
+
+	while (iovcount--) {
+		if (disk->ops->read_sector(disk, sector, iov->iov_base, iov->iov_len) < 0)
+			return -1;
+
+		sector += iov->iov_len >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
+		iov++;
+	}
+
+	return (sector - first_sector) << SECTOR_SHIFT;
+}
+
+/* Write iov to disk, starting from sector 'sector'. Return amount of bytes written. */
+ssize_t disk_image__write_sector_iov(struct disk_image *disk, u64 sector, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcount)
+{
+	u64 first_sector = sector;
+
+	if (disk->ops->write_sector_iov)
+		return disk->ops->write_sector_iov(disk, sector, iov, iovcount);
+
+	while (iovcount--) {
+		if (disk->ops->write_sector(disk, sector, iov->iov_base, iov->iov_len) < 0)
+			return -1;
+
+		sector += iov->iov_len >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
+		iov++;
+	}
+
+	return (sector - first_sector) << SECTOR_SHIFT;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/kvm/disk-image.h b/include/kvm/disk-image.h
index 6cc9441..cc83f38 100644
--- a/include/kvm/disk-image.h
+++ b/include/kvm/disk-image.h
@@ -42,37 +42,8 @@ static inline int disk_image__write_sector(struct disk_image *disk, u64 sector,
 	return disk->ops->write_sector(disk, sector, src, src_len);
 }
 
-static inline ssize_t disk_image__read_sector_iov(struct disk_image *disk, u64 sector, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcount)
-{
-	if (disk->ops->read_sector_iov)
-		return disk->ops->read_sector_iov(disk, sector, iov, iovcount);
-
-	while (iovcount--) {
-		if (disk->ops->read_sector(disk, sector, iov->iov_base, iov->iov_len) < 0)
-			return -1;
-
-		sector += iov->iov_len >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
-		iov++;
-	}
-
-	return sector << SECTOR_SHIFT;
-}
-
-static inline ssize_t disk_image__write_sector_iov(struct disk_image *disk, u64 sector, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcount)
-{
-	if (disk->ops->write_sector_iov)
-		return disk->ops->write_sector_iov(disk, sector, iov, iovcount);
-
-	while (iovcount--) {
-		if (disk->ops->write_sector(disk, sector, iov->iov_base, iov->iov_len) < 0)
-			return -1;
-
-		sector += iov->iov_len >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
-		iov++;
-	}
-
-	return sector << SECTOR_SHIFT;
-}
+ssize_t disk_image__read_sector_iov(struct disk_image *disk, u64 sector, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcount);
+ssize_t disk_image__write_sector_iov(struct disk_image *disk, u64 sector, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcount);
 
 static inline int disk_image__flush(struct disk_image *disk)
 {