diff --git a/framework/src/android/net/NetworkCapabilities.java b/framework/src/android/net/NetworkCapabilities.java
index ca5dc34..03cf109 100644
--- a/framework/src/android/net/NetworkCapabilities.java
+++ b/framework/src/android/net/NetworkCapabilities.java
@@ -1592,28 +1592,6 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Compare if the given NetworkCapabilities have the same UIDs.
-     *
-     * @hide
-     */
-    public static boolean hasSameUids(@Nullable NetworkCapabilities nc1,
-            @Nullable NetworkCapabilities nc2) {
-        final Set<UidRange> uids1 = (nc1 == null) ? null : nc1.mUids;
-        final Set<UidRange> uids2 = (nc2 == null) ? null : nc2.mUids;
-        if (null == uids1) return null == uids2;
-        if (null == uids2) return false;
-        // Make a copy so it can be mutated to check that all ranges in uids2 also are in uids.
-        final Set<UidRange> uids = new ArraySet<>(uids2);
-        for (UidRange range : uids1) {
-            if (!uids.contains(range)) {
-                return false;
-            }
-            uids.remove(range);
-        }
-        return uids.isEmpty();
-    }
-
-    /**
      * Tests if the set of UIDs that this network applies to is the same as the passed network.
      * <p>
      * This test only checks whether equal range objects are in both sets. It will
@@ -1623,13 +1601,13 @@
      * Note that this method is not very optimized, which is fine as long as it's not used very
      * often.
      * <p>
-     * nc is assumed nonnull.
+     * nc is assumed nonnull, else NPE.
      *
      * @hide
      */
     @VisibleForTesting
     public boolean equalsUids(@NonNull NetworkCapabilities nc) {
-        return hasSameUids(nc, this);
+        return UidRange.hasSameUids(nc.mUids, mUids);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/framework/src/android/net/UidRange.java b/framework/src/android/net/UidRange.java
index bd33292..a1f64f2 100644
--- a/framework/src/android/net/UidRange.java
+++ b/framework/src/android/net/UidRange.java
@@ -180,4 +180,24 @@
         }
         return uids;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Compare if the given UID range sets have the same UIDs.
+     *
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public static boolean hasSameUids(@Nullable Set<UidRange> uids1,
+            @Nullable Set<UidRange> uids2) {
+        if (null == uids1) return null == uids2;
+        if (null == uids2) return false;
+        // Make a copy so it can be mutated to check that all ranges in uids2 also are in uids.
+        final Set<UidRange> remainingUids = new ArraySet<>(uids2);
+        for (UidRange range : uids1) {
+            if (!remainingUids.contains(range)) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            remainingUids.remove(range);
+        }
+        return remainingUids.isEmpty();
+    }
 }