diff --git a/beacon_chain/types/src/validator_record.rs b/beacon_chain/types/src/validator_record.rs
index 3a15baeec..257df3ac1 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/types/src/validator_record.rs
+++ b/beacon_chain/types/src/validator_record.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ impl ValidatorRecord {
         };
         (s, keypair)
     }
+
+    pub fn status_is(&self, status: ValidatorStatus) -> bool {
+        self.status == status as u8
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/beacon_chain/utils/active-validators/src/lib.rs b/beacon_chain/utils/active-validators/src/lib.rs
index 75ad2daac..e96b230a3 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/utils/active-validators/src/lib.rs
+++ b/beacon_chain/utils/active-validators/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,28 +2,29 @@ extern crate types;
 
 use types::{ValidatorRecord, ValidatorStatus};
 
-pub fn validator_is_active(v: &ValidatorRecord) -> bool {
-    v.status == ValidatorStatus::Active as u8
-}
-
 /// Returns the indicies of each active validator in a given vec of validators.
 pub fn active_validator_indices(validators: &[ValidatorRecord]) -> Vec<usize> {
     validators
         .iter()
         .enumerate()
         .filter_map(|(i, validator)| {
-            if validator_is_active(&validator) {
+            if validator.status_is(ValidatorStatus::Active) {
                 Some(i)
             } else {
                 None
             }
-        }).collect()
+        })
+        .collect()
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
+    pub fn validator_is_active(v: &ValidatorRecord) -> bool {
+        v.status_is(ValidatorStatus::Active)
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_active_validator() {
         let mut validators = vec![];