diff --git a/channels/chan_sip.c b/channels/chan_sip.c
index 46f9ad699ba453af2ed2366f911ba591cc23fc25..dc60deb6099511d1d305b88175281c2441a49263 100644
--- a/channels/chan_sip.c
+++ b/channels/chan_sip.c
@@ -1380,8 +1380,6 @@ static int sip_dtmfmode(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *data);
 static int sip_addheader(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *data);
 static int sip_do_reload(enum channelreloadreason reason);
 static char *sip_reload(struct ast_cli_entry *e, int cmd, struct ast_cli_args *a);
-static int ast_sockaddr_resolve_first_af(struct ast_sockaddr *addr,
-				      const char *name, int flag, int family);
 static int ast_sockaddr_resolve_first(struct ast_sockaddr *addr,
 				      const char *name, int flag);
 static int ast_sockaddr_resolve_first_transport(struct ast_sockaddr *addr,
@@ -34332,30 +34330,6 @@ static int reload(void)
 	return AST_MODULE_LOAD_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-/*! \brief  Return the first entry from ast_sockaddr_resolve filtered by address family
- *
- * \warning Using this function probably means you have a faulty design.
- */
-static int ast_sockaddr_resolve_first_af(struct ast_sockaddr *addr,
-				      const char* name, int flag, int family)
-{
-	struct ast_sockaddr *addrs;
-	int addrs_cnt;
-
-	addrs_cnt = ast_sockaddr_resolve(&addrs, name, flag, family);
-	if (addrs_cnt <= 0) {
-		return 1;
-	}
-	if (addrs_cnt > 1) {
-		ast_debug(1, "Multiple addresses, using the first one only\n");
-	}
-
-	ast_sockaddr_copy(addr, &addrs[0]);
-
-	ast_free(addrs);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*! \brief  Return the first entry from ast_sockaddr_resolve filtered by family of binddaddr
  *
  * \warning Using this function probably means you have a faulty design.
diff --git a/include/asterisk/netsock2.h b/include/asterisk/netsock2.h
index 2d2cfdf5aec498ffcf33f1d4f1d5d82393183c3e..fc3a0c005f0ca58816de5581bed130061d3535d4 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/netsock2.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/netsock2.h
@@ -437,6 +437,44 @@ int ast_sockaddr_parse(struct ast_sockaddr *addr, const char *str, int flags);
 int ast_sockaddr_resolve(struct ast_sockaddr **addrs, const char *str,
 			 int flags, int family);
 
+/*!
+ * \since 16.0
+ *
+ * \brief
+ * Return the first entry from ast_sockaddr_resolve filtered by address family
+ *
+ * \details
+ * Parses a string containing a host name or an IPv4 or IPv6 address followed
+ * by an optional port (separated by a colon).  This function only returns the
+ * first address into the ast_sockaddr. Allowed formats for name are the following:
+ *
+ * hostname:port
+ * host.example.com:port
+ * a.b.c.d
+ * a.b.c.d:port
+ * a:b:c:...:d
+ * [a:b:c:...:d]
+ * [a:b:c:...:d]:port
+ *
+ * \param[out] addr The resulting ast_sockaddr
+ * \param name The string to parse
+ * \param flags If set to zero, a port MAY be present. If set to
+ * PARSE_PORT_IGNORE, a port MAY be present but will be ignored. If set to
+ * PARSE_PORT_REQUIRE, a port MUST be present. If set to PARSE_PORT_FORBID, a
+ * port MUST NOT be present.
+ *
+ * \param family Only addresses of the given family will be returned. Use 0 or
+ * AST_AF_UNSPEC to specify any address family.  Behavior is ultimately determined
+ * by getaddrinfo in how it orders return results.  First result is selected to
+ * be returned.
+ *
+ * \retval 0 Success
+ * \retval non-zero Failure
+ * \warning Using this function potentially means you have a faulty design.
+ */
+int ast_sockaddr_resolve_first_af(struct ast_sockaddr *addr,
+				      const char* name, int flag, int family);
+
 /*!
  * \brief
  * Apply a netmask to an address and store the result in a separate structure.
diff --git a/main/netsock2.c b/main/netsock2.c
index fedbd94a04b5cd662782bb70fab489335bf0dba7..783a5064f181516f2004d8625cbffc8c05db1191 100644
--- a/main/netsock2.c
+++ b/main/netsock2.c
@@ -333,6 +333,27 @@ cleanup:
 	return res_cnt;
 }
 
+/*! \brief Pulls first resolved address and returns it */
+int ast_sockaddr_resolve_first_af(struct ast_sockaddr *addr,
+				      const char* name, int flag, int family)
+{
+	struct ast_sockaddr *addrs;
+	int addrs_cnt;
+
+	addrs_cnt = ast_sockaddr_resolve(&addrs, name, flag, family);
+	if (addrs_cnt <= 0) {
+		return 1;
+	}
+	if (addrs_cnt > 1) {
+		ast_debug(1, "Multiple addresses resolving %s, using the first one only\n", name);
+	}
+
+	ast_sockaddr_copy(addr, &addrs[0]);
+
+	ast_free(addrs);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int ast_sockaddr_apply_netmask(const struct ast_sockaddr *addr, const struct ast_sockaddr *netmask,
 		struct ast_sockaddr *result)
 {
diff --git a/res/res_hep.c b/res/res_hep.c
index cc7028bd57d577cb86463a65b1669136abda11d5..376fc4e0bba3adc8bde6b28b948ba5da084349a8 100644
--- a/res/res_hep.c
+++ b/res/res_hep.c
@@ -367,27 +367,6 @@ static void hepv3_data_dtor(void *obj)
 	}
 }
 
-/*! \brief Pulls first resolved address and returns it */
-static int ast_sockaddr_resolve_first_af(struct ast_sockaddr *addr,
-				      const char* name, int flag, int family)
-{
-	struct ast_sockaddr *addrs;
-	int addrs_cnt;
-
-	addrs_cnt = ast_sockaddr_resolve(&addrs, name, flag, family);
-	if (addrs_cnt <= 0) {
-		return 1;
-	}
-	if (addrs_cnt > 1) {
-		ast_debug(1, "Multiple addresses resolving %s, using the first one only\n", name);
-	}
-
-	ast_sockaddr_copy(addr, &addrs[0]);
-
-	ast_free(addrs);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*! \brief Allocate the HEPv3 run-time data */
 static struct hepv3_runtime_data *hepv3_data_alloc(struct hepv3_global_config *config)
 {
diff --git a/res/res_pjsip_logger.c b/res/res_pjsip_logger.c
index 49ad6faec45f02949ba59de88557c8018c11cee1..fb58f2bbe15b8bcc5900ee55511bdb4176e6b2b5 100644
--- a/res/res_pjsip_logger.c
+++ b/res/res_pjsip_logger.c
@@ -41,31 +41,6 @@ enum pjsip_logging_mode {
 static enum pjsip_logging_mode logging_mode;
 static struct ast_sockaddr log_addr;
 
-/*! \brief  Return the first entry from ast_sockaddr_resolve filtered by address family
- *
- * \warning Using this function probably means you have a faulty design.
- * \note This function was taken from the function of the same name in chan_sip.c
- */
-static int ast_sockaddr_resolve_first_af(struct ast_sockaddr *addr,
-				      const char* name, int flag, int family)
-{
-	struct ast_sockaddr *addrs;
-	int addrs_cnt;
-
-	addrs_cnt = ast_sockaddr_resolve(&addrs, name, flag, family);
-	if (addrs_cnt <= 0) {
-		return 1;
-	}
-	if (addrs_cnt > 1) {
-		ast_debug(1, "Multiple addresses, using the first one only\n");
-	}
-
-	ast_sockaddr_copy(addr, &addrs[0]);
-
-	ast_free(addrs);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*! \brief See if we pass debug IP filter */
 static inline int pjsip_log_test_addr(const char *address, int port)
 {