diff --git a/src/type_.rs b/src/type_.rs
index 68bdb8d4e55..862ed62c68b 100644
--- a/src/type_.rs
+++ b/src/type_.rs
@@ -201,6 +201,27 @@ impl<'gcc, 'tcx> BaseTypeMethods<'tcx> for CodegenCx<'gcc, 'tcx> {
     fn val_ty(&self, value: RValue<'gcc>) -> Type<'gcc> {
         value.get_type()
     }
+
+    fn type_array(&self, ty: Type<'gcc>, mut len: u64) -> Type<'gcc> {
+        if let Some(struct_type) = ty.is_struct() {
+            if struct_type.get_field_count() == 0 {
+                // NOTE: since gccjit only supports i32 for the array size and libcore's tests uses a
+                // size of usize::MAX in test_binary_search, we workaround this by setting the size to
+                // zero for ZSTs.
+                // FIXME(antoyo): fix gccjit API.
+                len = 0;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // NOTE: see note above. Some other test uses usize::MAX.
+        if len == u64::MAX {
+            len = 0;
+        }
+
+        let len: i32 = len.try_into().expect("array len");
+
+        self.context.new_array_type(None, ty, len)
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'gcc, 'tcx> CodegenCx<'gcc, 'tcx> {
@@ -227,27 +248,6 @@ impl<'gcc, 'tcx> CodegenCx<'gcc, 'tcx> {
         self.context.new_opaque_struct_type(None, name)
     }
 
-    pub fn type_array(&self, ty: Type<'gcc>, mut len: u64) -> Type<'gcc> {
-        if let Some(struct_type) = ty.is_struct() {
-            if struct_type.get_field_count() == 0 {
-                // NOTE: since gccjit only supports i32 for the array size and libcore's tests uses a
-                // size of usize::MAX in test_binary_search, we workaround this by setting the size to
-                // zero for ZSTs.
-                // FIXME(antoyo): fix gccjit API.
-                len = 0;
-            }
-        }
-
-        // NOTE: see note above. Some other test uses usize::MAX.
-        if len == u64::MAX {
-            len = 0;
-        }
-
-        let len: i32 = len.try_into().expect("array len");
-
-        self.context.new_array_type(None, ty, len)
-    }
-
     pub fn type_bool(&self) -> Type<'gcc> {
         self.context.new_type::<bool>()
     }