diff --git a/src/middlewared/middlewared/auth.py b/src/middlewared/middlewared/auth.py
index 5f11e997fab55..89edce8e9d5fb 100644
--- a/src/middlewared/middlewared/auth.py
+++ b/src/middlewared/middlewared/auth.py
@@ -131,3 +131,10 @@ class FakeApplication:
 
 def fake_app():
     return FakeApplication()
+
+
+def dump_credentials(credentials):
+    return {
+        "credentials": credentials.class_name(),
+        "credentials_data": credentials.dump(),
+    }
diff --git a/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/auth.py b/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/auth.py
index 6d3f3d19b17a8..d14abc5f37b25 100644
--- a/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/auth.py
+++ b/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/auth.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from middlewared.auth import (SessionManagerCredentials, UserSessionManagerCredentials,
                               UnixSocketSessionManagerCredentials, LoginPasswordSessionManagerCredentials,
                               ApiKeySessionManagerCredentials, TrueNasNodeSessionManagerCredentials,
-                              TokenSessionManagerCredentials)
+                              TokenSessionManagerCredentials, dump_credentials)
 from middlewared.schema import accepts, Any, Bool, Datetime, Dict, Int, List, Password, Patch, Ref, returns, Str
 from middlewared.service import (
     Service, filterable, filterable_returns, filter_list, no_auth_required, no_authz_required,
@@ -144,13 +144,6 @@ def _app_on_close(self, app):
         self.logout(app)
 
 
-def dump_credentials(credentials):
-    return {
-        "credentials": credentials.class_name(),
-        "credentials_data": credentials.dump(),
-    }
-
-
 class Session:
     def __init__(self, manager, credentials, app):
         self.manager = manager