diff --git a/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-compute-utils.c b/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-compute-utils.c
index 73e6d6a21..37106af2f 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-compute-utils.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-compute-utils.c
@@ -543,6 +543,17 @@ int spa_vulkan_compute_use_buffers(struct vulkan_compute_state *s, struct vulkan
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int vulkan_stream_init(struct vulkan_stream *stream, enum spa_direction direction,
+		struct spa_dict *props)
+{
+	spa_zero(*stream);
+	stream->direction = direction;
+	stream->current_buffer_id = SPA_ID_INVALID;
+	stream->busy_buffer_id = SPA_ID_INVALID;
+	stream->ready_buffer_id = SPA_ID_INVALID;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int spa_vulkan_compute_init_stream(struct vulkan_compute_state *s, struct vulkan_stream *stream,
 		enum spa_direction direction, struct spa_dict *props)
 {
diff --git a/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-compute-utils.h b/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-compute-utils.h
index 0c6b585f4..46e80455c 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-compute-utils.h
+++ b/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-compute-utils.h
@@ -24,6 +24,18 @@ struct push_constants {
        int height;
 };
 
+struct vulkan_stream {
+	enum spa_direction direction;
+
+	uint32_t pending_buffer_id;
+	uint32_t current_buffer_id;
+	uint32_t busy_buffer_id;
+	uint32_t ready_buffer_id;
+
+	struct vulkan_buffer buffers[MAX_BUFFERS];
+	struct spa_buffer *spa_buffers[MAX_BUFFERS];
+	uint32_t n_buffers;
+};
 
 struct vulkan_compute_state {
 	struct spa_log *log;
diff --git a/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-types.h b/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-types.h
index 8fd4be363..f28618774 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-types.h
+++ b/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-types.h
@@ -33,19 +33,6 @@ struct vulkan_buffer {
 	VkSemaphore foreign_semaphore;
 };
 
-struct vulkan_stream {
-	enum spa_direction direction;
-
-	uint32_t pending_buffer_id;
-	uint32_t current_buffer_id;
-	uint32_t busy_buffer_id;
-	uint32_t ready_buffer_id;
-
-	struct vulkan_buffer buffers[MAX_BUFFERS];
-	struct spa_buffer *spa_buffers[MAX_BUFFERS];
-	uint32_t n_buffers;
-};
-
 struct vulkan_base_info {
 	uint32_t queueFlags;
 
diff --git a/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-utils.c b/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-utils.c
index c7c961605..9cefd30cf 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-utils.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-utils.c
@@ -828,17 +828,6 @@ int vulkan_import_memptr(struct vulkan_base *s, struct external_buffer_info *inf
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int vulkan_stream_init(struct vulkan_stream *stream, enum spa_direction direction,
-		struct spa_dict *props)
-{
-	spa_zero(*stream);
-	stream->direction = direction;
-	stream->current_buffer_id = SPA_ID_INVALID;
-	stream->busy_buffer_id = SPA_ID_INVALID;
-	stream->ready_buffer_id = SPA_ID_INVALID;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 uint32_t vulkan_vkformat_to_id(VkFormat format)
 {
 	SPA_FOR_EACH_ELEMENT_VAR(vk_video_format_convs, f) {
diff --git a/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-utils.h b/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-utils.h
index 991b9f57d..c37c9d1d4 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-utils.h
+++ b/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-utils.h
@@ -91,9 +91,6 @@ struct vulkan_modifier_info *vulkan_modifierInfo_find(struct vulkan_base *s, VkF
 
 void vulkan_buffer_clear(struct vulkan_base *s, struct vulkan_buffer *buffer);
 
-int vulkan_stream_init(struct vulkan_stream *stream, enum spa_direction direction,
-		struct spa_dict *props);
-
 uint32_t vulkan_vkformat_to_id(VkFormat vkFormat);
 VkFormat vulkan_id_to_vkformat(uint32_t id);