diff --git a/subiquitycore/lsb_release.py b/subiquitycore/lsb_release.py
index 9e3ac136..7bf91728 100644
--- a/subiquitycore/lsb_release.py
+++ b/subiquitycore/lsb_release.py
@@ -6,15 +6,7 @@ LSB_RELEASE_FILE = "/etc/lsb-release"
 LSB_RELEASE_EXAMPLE = "examples/lsb-release-focal"
 
 
-def lsb_release(path=None, dry_run: bool = False) -> Dict[str, str]:
-    """return a dictionary of values from /etc/lsb-release.
-    keys are lower case with DISTRIB_ prefix removed."""
-    if dry_run and path is not None:
-        raise ValueError("Both dry_run and path are specified.")
-
-    if path is None:
-        path = LSB_RELEASE_EXAMPLE if dry_run else LSB_RELEASE_FILE
-
+def lsb_release_from_path(path: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
     ret: Dict[str, str] = {}
     try:
         with open(path, "r") as fp:
@@ -30,5 +22,17 @@ def lsb_release(path=None, dry_run: bool = False) -> Dict[str, str]:
     return ret
 
 
+def lsb_release(path=None, dry_run: bool = False) -> Dict[str, str]:
+    """return a dictionary of values from /etc/lsb-release.
+    keys are lower case with DISTRIB_ prefix removed."""
+    if dry_run and path is not None:
+        raise ValueError("Both dry_run and path are specified.")
+
+    if path is None:
+        path = LSB_RELEASE_EXAMPLE if dry_run else LSB_RELEASE_FILE
+
+    return lsb_release_from_path(path)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     print(lsb_release())