diff --git a/pkg/ns/ns.go b/pkg/ns/ns.go
index 428fb77f..c212f489 100644
--- a/pkg/ns/ns.go
+++ b/pkg/ns/ns.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 package ns
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
@@ -62,14 +61,6 @@ type netNS struct {
 // netNS implements the NetNS interface
 var _ NetNS = &netNS{}
 
-// NotImplementedError is used to indicate that a method is not implemented for the given platform
-var NotImplementedError = errors.New("Not Implemented")
-
-// Returns an object representing the current OS thread's network namespace
-func GetCurrentNS() (NetNS, error) {
-	return GetNS(getCurrentThreadNetNSPath())
-}
-
 const (
 	// https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/include/uapi/linux/magic.h
 	NSFS_MAGIC   = 0x6e736673
@@ -139,7 +130,7 @@ func (ns *netNS) Do(toRun func(NetNS) error) error {
 	}
 
 	containedCall := func(hostNS NetNS) error {
-		threadNS, err := GetNS(getCurrentThreadNetNSPath())
+		threadNS, err := GetCurrentNS()
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to open current netns: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -155,7 +146,7 @@ func (ns *netNS) Do(toRun func(NetNS) error) error {
 	}
 
 	// save a handle to current network namespace
-	hostNS, err := GetNS(getCurrentThreadNetNSPath())
+	hostNS, err := GetCurrentNS()
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to open current namespace: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/ns/ns_linux.go b/pkg/ns/ns_linux.go
index 0746f159..c9e1b4f0 100644
--- a/pkg/ns/ns_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/ns/ns_linux.go
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
+// Returns an object representing the current OS thread's network namespace
+func GetCurrentNS() (NetNS, error) {
+	return GetNS(getCurrentThreadNetNSPath())
+}
+
 func getCurrentThreadNetNSPath() string {
 	// /proc/self/ns/net returns the namespace of the main thread, not
 	// of whatever thread this goroutine is running on.  Make sure we
diff --git a/pkg/ns/ns_unspecified.go b/pkg/ns/ns_unspecified.go
index da8b1796..41b44686 100644
--- a/pkg/ns/ns_unspecified.go
+++ b/pkg/ns/ns_unspecified.go
@@ -16,18 +16,21 @@
 
 package ns
 
-func getCurrentThreadNetNSPath() string {
-	return ""
+import "github.com/containernetworking/cni/pkg/types"
+
+// Returns an object representing the current OS thread's network namespace
+func GetCurrentNS() (NetNS, error) {
+	return nil, types.NotImplementedError
 }
 
 func NewNS() (NetNS, error) {
-	return nil, NotImplementedError
+	return nil, types.NotImplementedError
 }
 
 func (ns *netNS) Close() error {
-	return NotImplementedError
+	return types.NotImplementedError
 }
 
 func (ns *netNS) Set() error {
-	return NotImplementedError
+	return types.NotImplementedError
 }
diff --git a/pkg/types/types.go b/pkg/types/types.go
index a81ac702..b7c27de1 100644
--- a/pkg/types/types.go
+++ b/pkg/types/types.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package types
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"os"
@@ -178,3 +179,6 @@ func prettyPrint(obj interface{}) error {
 	_, err = os.Stdout.Write(data)
 	return err
 }
+
+// NotImplementedError is used to indicate that a method is not implemented for the given platform
+var NotImplementedError = errors.New("Not Implemented")