diff --git a/include/osmocom/gsm/gsm0808_utils.h b/include/osmocom/gsm/gsm0808_utils.h
index a8852e4..59db6ed 100644
--- a/include/osmocom/gsm/gsm0808_utils.h
+++ b/include/osmocom/gsm/gsm0808_utils.h
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@
 	return (cause & 0x80) && !(cause & 0x0F);
 }
 
+int gsm0808_get_cipher_reject_cause(const struct tlv_parsed *tp)
+OSMO_DEPRECATED("Use gsm0808_get_cause() instead");
+
 /*! \returns 3GPP TS 48.008 3.2.2.49 Current Channel Type 1 from enum gsm_chan_t. */
 static inline uint8_t gsm0808_current_channel_type_1(enum gsm_chan_t type)
 {
diff --git a/src/gsm/gsm0808_utils.c b/src/gsm/gsm0808_utils.c
index 6f3c07a..6bf771f 100644
--- a/src/gsm/gsm0808_utils.c
+++ b/src/gsm/gsm0808_utils.c
@@ -1563,6 +1563,11 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int gsm0808_get_cipher_reject_cause(const struct tlv_parsed *tp)
+{
+	return gsm0808_get_cause(tp);
+}
+
 /*! Print a human readable name of the cell identifier to the char buffer.
  * This is useful both for struct gsm0808_cell_id and struct gsm0808_cell_id_list2.
  * See also gsm0808_cell_id_name() and gsm0808_cell_id_list_name().