diff --git a/src/core/timeouts.c b/src/core/timeouts.c
index 8bf209a5..5d9c5cc7 100644
--- a/src/core/timeouts.c
+++ b/src/core/timeouts.c
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ const struct lwip_cyclic_timer lwip_cyclic_timers[] = {
 #endif /* LWIP_IPV6_MLD */
 #endif /* LWIP_IPV6 */
 };
+const int lwip_num_cyclic_timers = LWIP_ARRAYSIZE(lwip_cyclic_timers);
 
 #if LWIP_TIMERS && !LWIP_TIMERS_CUSTOM
 
diff --git a/src/include/lwip/timeouts.h b/src/include/lwip/timeouts.h
index c9b93aa0..002fcd45 100644
--- a/src/include/lwip/timeouts.h
+++ b/src/include/lwip/timeouts.h
@@ -71,8 +71,10 @@ struct lwip_cyclic_timer {
 };
 
 /** This array contains all stack-internal cyclic timers. To get the number of
- * timers, use LWIP_ARRAYSIZE() */
+ * timers, use lwip_num_cyclic_timers */
 extern const struct lwip_cyclic_timer lwip_cyclic_timers[];
+/** Array size of lwip_cyclic_timers[] */
+extern const int lwip_num_cyclic_timers;
 
 #if LWIP_TIMERS