diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/methods/unnecessary_fold.rs b/clippy_lints/src/methods/unnecessary_fold.rs
index e545abd8ba8..8ec15a1c1b7 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/methods/unnecessary_fold.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/methods/unnecessary_fold.rs
@@ -52,6 +52,68 @@ struct Replacement {
     has_generic_return: bool,
 }
 
+fn check_fold_with_op(
+    cx: &LateContext<'_>,
+    expr: &hir::Expr<'_>,
+    acc: &hir::Expr<'_>,
+    fold_span: Span,
+    op: hir::BinOpKind,
+    replacement: Replacement,
+) {
+    if_chain! {
+        // Extract the body of the closure passed to fold
+        if let hir::ExprKind::Closure(&hir::Closure { body, .. }) = acc.kind;
+        let closure_body = cx.tcx.hir().body(body);
+        let closure_expr = peel_blocks(closure_body.value);
+
+        // Check if the closure body is of the form `acc <op> some_expr(x)`
+        if let hir::ExprKind::Binary(ref bin_op, left_expr, right_expr) = closure_expr.kind;
+        if bin_op.node == op;
+
+        // Extract the names of the two arguments to the closure
+        if let [param_a, param_b] = closure_body.params;
+        if let PatKind::Binding(_, first_arg_id, ..) = strip_pat_refs(param_a.pat).kind;
+        if let PatKind::Binding(_, second_arg_id, second_arg_ident, _) = strip_pat_refs(param_b.pat).kind;
+
+        if path_to_local_id(left_expr, first_arg_id);
+        if replacement.has_args || path_to_local_id(right_expr, second_arg_id);
+
+        then {
+            let mut applicability = Applicability::MachineApplicable;
+
+            let turbofish = if replacement.has_generic_return {
+                format!("::<{}>", cx.typeck_results().expr_ty_adjusted(right_expr).peel_refs())
+            } else {
+                String::new()
+            };
+
+            let sugg = if replacement.has_args {
+                format!(
+                    "{method}{turbofish}(|{second_arg_ident}| {r})",
+                    method = replacement.method_name,
+                    r = snippet_with_applicability(cx, right_expr.span, "EXPR", &mut applicability),
+                )
+            } else {
+                format!(
+                    "{method}{turbofish}()",
+                    method = replacement.method_name,
+                )
+            };
+
+            span_lint_and_sugg(
+                cx,
+                UNNECESSARY_FOLD,
+                fold_span.with_hi(expr.span.hi()),
+                // TODO #2371 don't suggest e.g., .any(|x| f(x)) if we can suggest .any(f)
+                "this `.fold` can be written more succinctly using another method",
+                "try",
+                sugg,
+                applicability,
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub(super) fn check(
     cx: &LateContext<'_>,
     expr: &hir::Expr<'_>,
@@ -59,68 +121,6 @@ pub(super) fn check(
     acc: &hir::Expr<'_>,
     fold_span: Span,
 ) {
-    fn check_fold_with_op(
-        cx: &LateContext<'_>,
-        expr: &hir::Expr<'_>,
-        acc: &hir::Expr<'_>,
-        fold_span: Span,
-        op: hir::BinOpKind,
-        replacement: Replacement,
-    ) {
-        if_chain! {
-            // Extract the body of the closure passed to fold
-            if let hir::ExprKind::Closure(&hir::Closure { body, .. }) = acc.kind;
-            let closure_body = cx.tcx.hir().body(body);
-            let closure_expr = peel_blocks(closure_body.value);
-
-            // Check if the closure body is of the form `acc <op> some_expr(x)`
-            if let hir::ExprKind::Binary(ref bin_op, left_expr, right_expr) = closure_expr.kind;
-            if bin_op.node == op;
-
-            // Extract the names of the two arguments to the closure
-            if let [param_a, param_b] = closure_body.params;
-            if let PatKind::Binding(_, first_arg_id, ..) = strip_pat_refs(param_a.pat).kind;
-            if let PatKind::Binding(_, second_arg_id, second_arg_ident, _) = strip_pat_refs(param_b.pat).kind;
-
-            if path_to_local_id(left_expr, first_arg_id);
-            if replacement.has_args || path_to_local_id(right_expr, second_arg_id);
-
-            then {
-                let mut applicability = Applicability::MachineApplicable;
-
-                let turbofish = if replacement.has_generic_return {
-                    format!("::<{}>", cx.typeck_results().expr_ty_adjusted(right_expr).peel_refs())
-                } else {
-                    String::new()
-                };
-
-                let sugg = if replacement.has_args {
-                    format!(
-                        "{method}{turbofish}(|{second_arg_ident}| {r})",
-                        method = replacement.method_name,
-                        r = snippet_with_applicability(cx, right_expr.span, "EXPR", &mut applicability),
-                    )
-                } else {
-                    format!(
-                        "{method}{turbofish}()",
-                        method = replacement.method_name,
-                    )
-                };
-
-                span_lint_and_sugg(
-                    cx,
-                    UNNECESSARY_FOLD,
-                    fold_span.with_hi(expr.span.hi()),
-                    // TODO #2371 don't suggest e.g., .any(|x| f(x)) if we can suggest .any(f)
-                    "this `.fold` can be written more succinctly using another method",
-                    "try",
-                    sugg,
-                    applicability,
-                );
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     // Check that this is a call to Iterator::fold rather than just some function called fold
     if !is_trait_method(cx, expr, sym::Iterator) {
         return;