diff --git a/src/revpi_middleware/ios1/interface_ios.py b/src/revpi_middleware/ios1/interface_ios.py
index da7fcdc..4788be8 100644
--- a/src/revpi_middleware/ios1/interface_ios.py
+++ b/src/revpi_middleware/ios1/interface_ios.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from pydbus.generic import signal
 from revpimodio2 import RevPiModIO, Cycletools
 from revpimodio2.io import IntIO
 
-from .ios1_helper import REVPI_DBUS_BASE_PATH, DbusInterfaceIo
+from .ios1_helper import DbusInterfaceIo, get_io_object_path
 
 
 class InterfaceIoManager:
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ class InterfaceIoManager:
         self.lst_inp = []
         for dev in self.modio.device:
             for io in dev.get_inputs():
-                self.lst_inp.append(self._get_io_path(io.name))
+                self.lst_inp.append(get_io_object_path(io.name))
         self.lst_out = []
         for dev in self.modio.device:
             for io in dev.get_outputs():
-                self.lst_out.append(self._get_io_path(io.name))
+                self.lst_out.append(get_io_object_path(io.name))
 
     def _modio_cycle(self, ct: Cycletools) -> None:
         for io_name in self._dc_io_interfaces:
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ class InterfaceIoManager:
                 self.IoChanged(interface.io.name,
                                Variant(interface.variant_type, interface.io.value))
 
-    def _get_io_path(self, io_name: str) -> str:
-        return f"{REVPI_DBUS_BASE_PATH}/io/{io_name}"
-
     def GetAllInputs(self) -> list[str]:
         return self.lst_inp
 
@@ -71,7 +68,7 @@ class InterfaceIoManager:
 
     def Get(self, io_name) -> str:
         if io_name in self.modio.io:
-            return self._get_io_path(io_name)
+            return get_io_object_path(io_name)
 
         raise KeyError(f"No IO with name '{io_name}' found.")
 
diff --git a/src/revpi_middleware/ios1/ios1_helper.py b/src/revpi_middleware/ios1/ios1_helper.py
index 3a432de..8d7cb72 100644
--- a/src/revpi_middleware/ios1/ios1_helper.py
+++ b/src/revpi_middleware/ios1/ios1_helper.py
@@ -55,3 +55,7 @@ class DbusInterfaceIo:
     @property
     def name(self) -> str:
         return self.io.name
+
+
+def get_io_object_path(io_name: str) -> str:
+    return f"{REVPI_DBUS_BASE_PATH}/io/{io_name}"