diff --git a/src/rp2_common/hardware_irq/irq.c b/src/rp2_common/hardware_irq/irq.c
index fc3d6f12c..fdcbb00fb 100644
--- a/src/rp2_common/hardware_irq/irq.c
+++ b/src/rp2_common/hardware_irq/irq.c
@@ -128,6 +128,15 @@ void irq_set_pending(uint num) {
 #endif
 }
 
+#if !PICO_NO_RAM_VECTOR_TABLE
+static void set_raw_irq_handler_and_unlock(uint num, irq_handler_t handler, uint32_t save) {
+    // update vtable (vtable_handler may be same or updated depending on cases, but we do it anyway for compactness)
+    get_vtable()[VTABLE_FIRST_IRQ + num] = handler;
+    __dmb();
+    spin_unlock(spin_lock_instance(PICO_SPINLOCK_ID_IRQ), save);
+}
+#endif
+
 #if !PICO_DISABLE_SHARED_IRQ_HANDLERS && !PICO_NO_RAM_VECTOR_TABLE
 // limited by 8 bit relative links (and reality)
 static_assert(PICO_MAX_SHARED_IRQ_HANDLERS >= 1 && PICO_MAX_SHARED_IRQ_HANDLERS < 0x7f, "");
@@ -202,13 +211,6 @@ bool irq_has_shared_handler(uint irq_num) {
     return is_shared_irq_raw_handler(handler);
 }
 
-static void set_raw_irq_handler_and_unlock(uint num, irq_handler_t handler, uint32_t save) {
-    // update vtable (vtable_handler may be same or updated depending on cases, but we do it anyway for compactness)
-    get_vtable()[VTABLE_FIRST_IRQ + num] = handler;
-    __dmb();
-    spin_unlock(spin_lock_instance(PICO_SPINLOCK_ID_IRQ), save);
-}
-
 #else // PICO_DISABLE_SHARED_IRQ_HANDLERS && PICO_NO_RAM_VECTOR_TABLE
 #define is_shared_irq_raw_handler(h) false
 bool irq_has_shared_handler(uint irq_num) {