diff --git a/router/peer.go b/router/peer.go
index 3c2e8576..5525caee 100644
--- a/router/peer.go
+++ b/router/peer.go
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ func (peer *Peer) ForEachConnection(fun func(PeerName, Connection)) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (peer *Peer) SetVersionAndConnections(version uint64, connections map[PeerName]Connection) {
+	peer.Lock()
+	defer peer.Unlock()
+	peer.version = version
+	peer.connections = connections
+}
+
 // Calculate the routing table from this peer to all peers reachable
 // from it, returning a "next hop" map of PeerNameX -> PeerNameY,
 // which says "in order to send a message to X, the peer should send
@@ -137,13 +144,6 @@ func (peer *Peer) Routes(stopAt *Peer, symmetric bool) (bool, map[PeerName]PeerN
 	return false, routes
 }
 
-func (peer *Peer) SetVersionAndConnections(version uint64, connections map[PeerName]Connection) {
-	peer.Lock()
-	defer peer.Unlock()
-	peer.version = version
-	peer.connections = connections
-}
-
 func StartLocalPeer(name PeerName, router *Router) *LocalPeer {
 	peer := &LocalPeer{Peer: NewPeer(name, 0, 0), Router: router}
 	queryChan := make(chan *PeerInteraction, ChannelSize)