diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/methods/filter_map_flat_map.rs b/clippy_lints/src/methods/filter_map_flat_map.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a6db138623a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/methods/filter_map_flat_map.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+use crate::utils::{match_trait_method, paths, span_lint_and_help};
+use rustc_hir as hir;
+use rustc_lint::LateContext;
+
+use super::FILTER_MAP;
+
+/// lint use of `filter_map().flat_map()` for `Iterators`
+pub(super) fn check<'tcx>(
+    cx: &LateContext<'tcx>,
+    expr: &'tcx hir::Expr<'_>,
+    _filter_args: &'tcx [hir::Expr<'_>],
+    _map_args: &'tcx [hir::Expr<'_>],
+) {
+    // lint if caller of `.filter_map().flat_map()` is an Iterator
+    if match_trait_method(cx, expr, &paths::ITERATOR) {
+        let msg = "called `filter_map(..).flat_map(..)` on an `Iterator`";
+        let hint = "this is more succinctly expressed by calling `.flat_map(..)` \
+                    and filtering by returning `iter::empty()`";
+        span_lint_and_help(cx, FILTER_MAP, expr.span, msg, None, hint);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/methods/mod.rs b/clippy_lints/src/methods/mod.rs
index 3251a49da09..34e1463f630 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/methods/mod.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/methods/mod.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ mod expect_used;
 mod filetype_is_file;
 mod filter_flat_map;
 mod filter_map;
+mod filter_map_flat_map;
 mod filter_map_identity;
 mod filter_map_map;
 mod filter_map_next;
@@ -1707,7 +1708,7 @@ impl<'tcx> LateLintPass<'tcx> for Methods {
             ["next", "filter_map"] => filter_map_next::check(cx, expr, arg_lists[1], self.msrv.as_ref()),
             ["map", "find"] => filter_map::check(cx, expr, true),
             ["flat_map", "filter"] => filter_flat_map::check(cx, expr, arg_lists[1], arg_lists[0]),
-            ["flat_map", "filter_map"] => lint_filter_map_flat_map(cx, expr, arg_lists[1], arg_lists[0]),
+            ["flat_map", "filter_map"] => filter_map_flat_map::check(cx, expr, arg_lists[1], arg_lists[0]),
             ["flat_map", ..] => lint_flat_map_identity(cx, expr, arg_lists[0], method_spans[0]),
             ["flatten", "map"] => lint_map_flatten(cx, expr, arg_lists[1]),
             ["is_some", "find"] => lint_search_is_some(cx, expr, "find", arg_lists[1], arg_lists[0], method_spans[1]),
@@ -2754,22 +2755,6 @@ fn lint_map_or_none<'tcx>(cx: &LateContext<'tcx>, expr: &'tcx hir::Expr<'_>, map
     );
 }
 
-/// lint use of `filter_map().flat_map()` for `Iterators`
-fn lint_filter_map_flat_map<'tcx>(
-    cx: &LateContext<'tcx>,
-    expr: &'tcx hir::Expr<'_>,
-    _filter_args: &'tcx [hir::Expr<'_>],
-    _map_args: &'tcx [hir::Expr<'_>],
-) {
-    // lint if caller of `.filter_map().flat_map()` is an Iterator
-    if match_trait_method(cx, expr, &paths::ITERATOR) {
-        let msg = "called `filter_map(..).flat_map(..)` on an `Iterator`";
-        let hint = "this is more succinctly expressed by calling `.flat_map(..)` \
-                    and filtering by returning `iter::empty()`";
-        span_lint_and_help(cx, FILTER_MAP, expr.span, msg, None, hint);
-    }
-}
-
 /// lint use of `flat_map` for `Iterators` where `flatten` would be sufficient
 fn lint_flat_map_identity<'tcx>(
     cx: &LateContext<'tcx>,