diff --git a/src/backend/libpq/be-secure-common.c b/src/backend/libpq/be-secure-common.c
index ad04bedaa1d..6ec887b8a47 100644
--- a/src/backend/libpq/be-secure-common.c
+++ b/src/backend/libpq/be-secure-common.c
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ parse_hosts_line(TokenizedAuthLine *tok_line, int elevel)
  * the hosts configuration failed to load, the err_msg variable may have more
  * information in case it was passed as non-NULL.
  */
-int
+HostsFileLoadResult
 load_hosts(List **hosts, char **err_msg)
 {
 	FILE	   *file;
diff --git a/src/backend/libpq/be-secure-openssl.c b/src/backend/libpq/be-secure-openssl.c
index f64b2787f66..b978497b5d4 100644
--- a/src/backend/libpq/be-secure-openssl.c
+++ b/src/backend/libpq/be-secure-openssl.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ be_tls_init(bool isServerStart)
 	MemoryContext host_memcxt = NULL;
 	MemoryContextCallback *host_memcxt_cb;
 	char	   *err_msg = NULL;
-	int			res;
+	HostsFileLoadResult res;
 	struct hosts *new_hosts;
 	SSL_CTX    *context = NULL;
 	int			ssl_ver_min = -1;
diff --git a/src/include/libpq/hba.h b/src/include/libpq/hba.h
index 29e2a6c5b3d..4aa6258a345 100644
--- a/src/include/libpq/hba.h
+++ b/src/include/libpq/hba.h
@@ -165,15 +165,6 @@ typedef struct HostsLine
 	void	   *ssl_ctx;		/* associated SSL_CTX* for the above settings */
 } HostsLine;
 
-typedef enum HostsFileLoadResult
-{
-	HOSTSFILE_LOAD_OK = 0,
-	HOSTSFILE_LOAD_FAILED,
-	HOSTSFILE_EMPTY,
-	HOSTSFILE_MISSING,
-	HOSTSFILE_DISABLED,
-} HostsFileLoadResult;
-
 /*
  * TokenizedAuthLine represents one line lexed from an authentication
  * configuration file.  Each item in the "fields" list is a sub-list of
diff --git a/src/include/libpq/libpq.h b/src/include/libpq/libpq.h
index c9b934d2321..d15073a0a93 100644
--- a/src/include/libpq/libpq.h
+++ b/src/include/libpq/libpq.h
@@ -156,6 +156,15 @@ enum ssl_protocol_versions
 	PG_TLS1_3_VERSION,
 };
 
+typedef enum HostsFileLoadResult
+{
+	HOSTSFILE_LOAD_OK = 0,
+	HOSTSFILE_LOAD_FAILED,
+	HOSTSFILE_EMPTY,
+	HOSTSFILE_MISSING,
+	HOSTSFILE_DISABLED,
+} HostsFileLoadResult;
+
 /*
  * prototypes for functions in be-secure-common.c
  */
@@ -164,6 +173,6 @@ extern int	run_ssl_passphrase_command(const char *cmd, const char *prompt,
 									   char *buf, int size);
 extern bool check_ssl_key_file_permissions(const char *ssl_key_file,
 										   bool isServerStart);
-extern int	load_hosts(List **hosts, char **err_msg);
+extern HostsFileLoadResult load_hosts(List **hosts, char **err_msg);
 
 #endif							/* LIBPQ_H */