diff --git a/src/kernel_win/Communicator.cc b/src/kernel_win/Communicator.cc
index 547107b5..d7f8ecc6 100644
--- a/src/kernel_win/Communicator.cc
+++ b/src/kernel_win/Communicator.cc
@@ -273,17 +273,6 @@ int CommService::drain(int max)
 	return cnt;
 }
 
-inline void CommService::incref()
-{
-	this->ref++;
-}
-
-inline void CommService::decref()
-{
-	if (--this->ref == 0)
-		this->handle_unbound();
-}
-
 class CommServiceTarget : public CommTarget
 {
 public:
diff --git a/src/kernel_win/Communicator.h b/src/kernel_win/Communicator.h
index 80619792..e00c6c7e 100644
--- a/src/kernel_win/Communicator.h
+++ b/src/kernel_win/Communicator.h
@@ -212,9 +212,17 @@ private:
 	int ssl_accept_timeout;
 	SSL_CTX *ssl_ctx;
 
-private:
-	void incref();
-	void decref();
+public:
+	void incref()
+	{
+		this->ref++;
+	}
+
+	void decref()
+	{
+		if (--this->ref == 0)
+			this->handle_unbound();
+	}
 
 private:
 	SOCKET listen_sockfd;