diff --git a/clutter/clutter-actor-private.h b/clutter/clutter-actor-private.h
index 32388df09..b00f2f7d0 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-actor-private.h
+++ b/clutter/clutter-actor-private.h
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ void                            _clutter_actor_detach_clone
                                                                                          ClutterActor *clone);
 void                            _clutter_actor_queue_redraw_on_clones                   (ClutterActor *actor);
 void                            _clutter_actor_queue_relayout_on_clones                 (ClutterActor *actor);
+void                            _clutter_actor_queue_only_relayout                      (ClutterActor *actor);
 
 G_END_DECLS
 
diff --git a/clutter/clutter-actor.c b/clutter/clutter-actor.c
index cea7e9a2e..035c103c5 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-actor.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter-actor.c
@@ -998,8 +998,6 @@ static void clutter_actor_update_map_state       (ClutterActor  *self,
                                                   MapStateChange change);
 static void clutter_actor_unrealize_not_hiding   (ClutterActor *self);
 
-static void _clutter_actor_queue_only_relayout (ClutterActor *self);
-
 static void _clutter_actor_get_relative_transformation_matrix (ClutterActor *self,
                                                                ClutterActor *ancestor,
                                                                CoglMatrix *matrix);
@@ -7888,7 +7886,7 @@ _clutter_actor_queue_redraw_with_clip (ClutterActor       *self,
                                     NULL /* effect */);
 }
 
-static void
+void
 _clutter_actor_queue_only_relayout (ClutterActor *self)
 {
   ClutterActorPrivate *priv = self->priv;
diff --git a/clutter/clutter-bind-constraint.c b/clutter/clutter-bind-constraint.c
index 3de8642b0..e711385c9 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-bind-constraint.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter-bind-constraint.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ source_queue_relayout (ClutterActor          *source,
                        ClutterBindConstraint *bind)
 {
   if (bind->actor != NULL)
-    clutter_actor_queue_relayout (bind->actor);
+    _clutter_actor_queue_only_relayout (bind->actor);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/clutter/clutter-snap-constraint.c b/clutter/clutter-snap-constraint.c
index 8a7c63972..0e624c130 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-snap-constraint.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter-snap-constraint.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ source_queue_relayout (ClutterActor          *source,
                        ClutterSnapConstraint *constraint)
 {
   if (constraint->actor != NULL)
-    clutter_actor_queue_relayout (constraint->actor);
+    _clutter_actor_queue_only_relayout (constraint->actor);
 }
 
 static void