diff --git a/src/gurt/misc.c b/src/gurt/misc.c
index 55e21f05f4c..fb5d61968ed 100644
--- a/src/gurt/misc.c
+++ b/src/gurt/misc.c
@@ -1238,6 +1238,21 @@ d_getenv_uint(const char *name, unsigned *uint_val)
 	return -DER_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+/**
+ * get an unsigned integer type environment variables.
+ *
+ * \param[in]		name		name of the environment variable.
+ * \param[in,out]	uint_val	returned value of the ENV. Will not change the original
+ *					value if ENV is not set or set as a non-integer value.
+ * \return				0 on success, a negative value on error.
+ * \deprecated				d_getenv_int() is deprecated, please use d_getenv_uint().
+ */
+int
+d_getenv_int(const char *name, unsigned *uint_val)
+{
+	return d_getenv_uint(name, uint_val);
+}
+
 /**
  * get a 32bits unsigned integer type environment variables
  *
diff --git a/src/include/gurt/common.h b/src/include/gurt/common.h
index 46c2563accb..41a8d497a67 100644
--- a/src/include/gurt/common.h
+++ b/src/include/gurt/common.h
@@ -508,6 +508,9 @@ d_getenv_bool(const char *name, bool *bool_val);
 int
 d_getenv_char(const char *name, char *char_val);
 int
+d_getenv_int(const char *name, unsigned int *uint_val)
+    __attribute__((deprecated("use d_getenv_uint")));
+int
 d_getenv_uint(const char *name, unsigned int *uint_val);
 int
 d_getenv_uint32_t(const char *name, uint32_t *uint32_val);
@@ -522,13 +525,6 @@ d_unsetenv(const char *name);
 int
 d_clearenv(void);
 
-static inline int
-d_getenv_int(const char *name, unsigned int *uint_val)
-{
-	D_WARN("d_getenv_int() is deprecated, please use d_getenv_uint()");
-	return d_getenv_uint(name, uint_val);
-}
-
 int
 d_write_string_buffer(struct d_string_buffer_t *buf, const char *fmt, ...);
 void