diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/connections/winrm.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/connections/winrm.py
index dbdf7cd678..f16da0f6e6 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/connections/winrm.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/connections/winrm.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleConnectionFailure, AnsibleFileNotFound
 from ansible.plugins.connections import ConnectionBase
 from ansible.plugins import shell_loader
-from ansible.utils import makedirs_safe
+from ansible.utils.path import makedirs_safe
 
 class Connection(ConnectionBase):
     '''WinRM connections over HTTP/HTTPS.'''
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/password.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/password.py
index 9506274e5f..47ec786429 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/password.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/password.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase
 from ansible.utils.encrypt import do_encrypt
-from ansible.utils import makedirs_safe
+from ansible.utils.path import makedirs_safe
 
 DEFAULT_LENGTH = 20