--- a/libinterp/corefcn/load-path.cc	Sat Jan 14 10:21:33 2023 -0500
+++ b/libinterp/corefcn/load-path.cc	Sat Jan 14 13:03:22 2023 -0500
@@ -147,45 +147,6 @@
   return dir;
 }
 
-// Should we cache all files in private directories, or is it OK to just
-// look them up each time as needed?
-
-static std::string
-find_private_file (const std::string& fname)
-{
-  std::string retval;
-
-  // Look in private directory corresponding to current function (if
-  // any).
-
-  symbol_scope scope = __get_current_scope__ ();
-
-  octave_user_code *curr_code = scope ? scope.user_code () : nullptr;
-
-  if (curr_code)
-    {
-      // Even for private functions, dir_name doesn't contain the
-      // "private" directory component so we append it here in all
-      // cases.
-
-      std::string dir_name = curr_code->dir_name ();
-
-      if (! dir_name.empty ())
-        {
-          std::string pfname = dir_name + sys::file_ops::dir_sep_str ()
-                               + "private" + sys::file_ops::dir_sep_str ()
-                               + fname;
-
-          sys::file_stat fs (pfname);
-
-          if (fs.exists () && fs.is_reg ())
-            retval = pfname;
-        }
-    }
-
-  return retval;
-}
-
 // True if a path is contained in a path list separated by path_sep_char
 
 static bool
@@ -1334,6 +1295,45 @@
   return retval;
 }
 
+// Should we cache all files in private directories, or is it OK to just
+// look them up each time as needed?
+
+std::string
+load_path::find_private_file (const std::string& fname) const
+{
+  std::string retval;
+
+  // Look in private directory corresponding to current function (if
+  // any).
+
+  symbol_scope scope = m_interpreter.get_current_scope ();
+
+  octave_user_code *curr_code = scope ? scope.user_code () : nullptr;
+
+  if (curr_code)
+    {
+      // Even for private functions, dir_name doesn't contain the
+      // "private" directory component so we append it here in all
+      // cases.
+
+      std::string dir_name = curr_code->dir_name ();
+
+      if (! dir_name.empty ())
+        {
+          std::string pfname = dir_name + sys::file_ops::dir_sep_str ()
+                               + "private" + sys::file_ops::dir_sep_str ()
+                               + fname;
+
+          sys::file_stat fs (pfname);
+
+          if (fs.exists () && fs.is_reg ())
+            retval = pfname;
+        }
+    }
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
 load_path::dir_info::fcn_file_map_type
 get_fcn_files (const std::string& d)
 {