diff --git a/filefield.module b/filefield.module
index fe54421142c7177475aeee4542e85f554e86bda2..23f7c2b688d13d21d6f70b68a9bb845ab116b835 100644
--- a/filefield.module
+++ b/filefield.module
@@ -561,6 +561,31 @@ function filefield_file_upload(&$form_state, $field, $delta) {
   return $file;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Create the file directory relative to the 'files' dir recursively for every
+ * directory in the path.
+ *
+ * @param $directory
+ *   The directory path under files to check, such as 'photo/path/here'.
+ * @param $form_item
+ *   An optional string containing the name of a form item that any errors
+ *   will be attached to. (See field_file_check_directory() for more details.)
+ */
+function filefield_check_directory($directory, $form_item = NULL) {
+  $directory = field_file_strip_path($directory);
+
+  foreach (explode('/', $directory) as $dir) {
+    $dirs[] = $dir;
+    $path = file_create_path(implode($dirs, '/'));
+    if (!field_file_check_directory($path, FILE_CREATE_DIRECTORY, $form_item)) {
+      watchdog('filefield', t('FileField failed to create directory (%d) at (%p).', array('%d' => $directory, '%p' => $path)), WATCHDOG_ERROR);
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+  }
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+
 /**
  * The filefield widget for previously uploaded files.
  */
@@ -1187,30 +1212,6 @@ function filefield_file_download($file) {
   );
 }
 
-/**
- * Create the file directory relative to the 'files' dir recursively for every
- * directory in the path.
- *
- * @param $directory
- *   The directory path under files to check, such as 'photo/path/here'
- * @param $form_item
- *   An optional string containing the name of a form item that any errors
- *   will be attached to. (See field_file_check_directory() for more details.)
- */
-function filefield_check_directory($directory, $form_item = NULL) {
-  $directory = field_file_strip_path($directory);
-
-  foreach (explode('/', $directory) as $dir) {
-    $dirs[] = $dir;
-    $path = file_create_path(implode($dirs, '/'));
-    if (!field_file_check_directory($path, FILE_CREATE_DIRECTORY, $form_item)) {
-      watchdog('filefield', t('FileField failed to create directory (%d) at (%p).', array('%d' => $directory, '%p' => $path)), WATCHDOG_ERROR);
-      return FALSE;
-    }
-  }
-  return TRUE;
-}
-
 
 /**
  * Implementation of hook_token_list():