diff --git a/src/libcamera/include/utils.h b/src/libcamera/include/utils.h
index a2e450b35372..73fa2e69b029 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/include/utils.h
+++ b/src/libcamera/include/utils.h
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
 
 #define ARRAY_SIZE(a)	(sizeof(a) / sizeof(a[0]))
 
-namespace libcamera::utils {
+namespace libcamera {
+
+namespace utils {
 
 /* C++11 doesn't provide std::make_unique */
 template<typename T, typename... Args>
@@ -20,6 +22,8 @@ std::unique_ptr<T> make_unique(Args&&... args)
 	return std::unique_ptr<T>(new T(std::forward<Args>(args)...));
 }
 
-} /* namespace libcamera::utils */
+} /* namespace utils */
+
+} /* namespace libcamera */
 
 #endif /* __LIBCAMERA_UTILS_H__ */