diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/expression.d b/compiler/src/dmd/expression.d
index 18edbd7394..e2ef22bee8 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/expression.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/expression.d
@@ -238,17 +238,6 @@ bool isNeedThisScope(Scope* sc, Declaration d)
     return true;
 }
 
-/******************************
- * check e is exp.opDispatch!(tiargs) or not
- * It's used to switch to UFCS the semantic analysis path
- */
-bool isDotOpDispatch(Expression e)
-{
-    if (auto dtie = e.isDotTemplateInstanceExp())
-        return dtie.ti.name == Id.opDispatch;
-    return false;
-}
-
 /****************************************
  * Expand tuples in-place.
  *
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d b/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d
index f4e2c36f27..99784b7b24 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d
@@ -482,6 +482,18 @@ private Expression searchUFCS(Scope* sc, UnaExp ue, Identifier ident)
     }
 }
 
+/******************************
+ * check e is exp.opDispatch!(tiargs) or not
+ * It's used to switch to UFCS the semantic analysis path
+ */
+private bool isDotOpDispatch(Expression e)
+{
+    if (auto dtie = e.isDotTemplateInstanceExp())
+        return dtie.ti.name == Id.opDispatch;
+    return false;
+}
+
+
 /******************************
  * Pull out callable entity with UFCS.
  */