diff --git a/src/node_realm-inl.h b/src/node_realm-inl.h
index 9d0510f42d5c0c..b004bd1e150020 100644
--- a/src/node_realm-inl.h
+++ b/src/node_realm-inl.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #include "node_context_data.h"
 #include "node_realm.h"
+#include "util-inl.h"
 
 namespace node {
 
@@ -46,6 +47,10 @@ inline v8::Isolate* Realm::isolate() const {
   return isolate_;
 }
 
+inline v8::Local<v8::Context> Realm::context() const {
+  return PersistentToLocal::Strong(context_);
+}
+
 inline Realm::Kind Realm::kind() const {
   return kind_;
 }
diff --git a/src/node_realm.cc b/src/node_realm.cc
index 3674235a4e34da..d2459d4eeb3373 100644
--- a/src/node_realm.cc
+++ b/src/node_realm.cc
@@ -295,10 +295,6 @@ void Realm::VerifyNoStrongBaseObjects() {
   });
 }
 
-v8::Local<v8::Context> Realm::context() const {
-  return PersistentToLocal::Strong(context_);
-}
-
 // Per-realm strong value accessors. The per-realm values should avoid being
 // accessed across realms.
 #define V(PropertyName, TypeName)                                              \