diff --git a/db/commitlog/commitlog.cc b/db/commitlog/commitlog.cc
index 1ae98ff59f..8d2e5e554c 100644
--- a/db/commitlog/commitlog.cc
+++ b/db/commitlog/commitlog.cc
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static logging::logger logger("commitlog");
 using namespace std::chrono_literals;
 
 class crc32_nbo {
-    crc32 _c;
+    utils::crc32 _c;
 public:
     template <typename T>
     void process(T t) {
diff --git a/tests/crc_test.cc b/tests/crc_test.cc
index 736704294e..d7c5e9f41e 100644
--- a/tests/crc_test.cc
+++ b/tests/crc_test.cc
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ thread_local disk_error_signal_type general_disk_error;
 
 inline
 uint32_t
-do_compute_crc(crc32& c) {
+do_compute_crc(utils::crc32& c) {
     return c.get();
 }
 
 template <typename T, typename... Rest>
 inline
 uint32_t
-do_compute_crc(crc32& c, const T& val, const Rest&... rest) {
+do_compute_crc(utils::crc32& c, const T& val, const Rest&... rest) {
     c.process(val);
     return do_compute_crc(c, rest...);
 }
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ template <typename... T>
 inline
 uint32_t
 compute_crc(const T&... vals) {
-    crc32 c;
+    utils::crc32 c;
     return do_compute_crc(c, vals...);
 }
 
diff --git a/utils/crc.hh b/utils/crc.hh
index 0a829058b8..98bb72181b 100644
--- a/utils/crc.hh
+++ b/utils/crc.hh
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <smmintrin.h>
 
+namespace utils {
+
 class crc32 {
     uint32_t _r = 0;
 public:
@@ -95,3 +97,5 @@ public:
         return _r;
     }
 };
+
+}