diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/manageiq.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/manageiq.py
index a7091ccec3..329d26d446 100755
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/manageiq.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/manageiq.py
@@ -67,6 +67,16 @@ def validate_connection_params(module):
             module.fail_json(msg=error_str.format(arg))
 
 
+def manageiq_entities():
+    return {
+        'provider': 'providers', 'host': 'hosts', 'vm': 'vms',
+        'category': 'categories', 'cluster': 'clusters', 'data store': 'data_stores',
+        'group': 'groups', 'resource pool': 'resource_pools', 'service': 'services',
+        'service template': 'service_templates', 'template': 'templates',
+        'tenant': 'tenants', 'user': 'users', 'blueprint': 'blueprints'
+    }
+
+
 class ManageIQ(object):
     """
         class encapsulating ManageIQ API client.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/remote_management/manageiq/manageiq_tags.py b/lib/ansible/modules/remote_management/manageiq/manageiq_tags.py
index 0395c8886b..9a0bf5366e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/remote_management/manageiq/manageiq_tags.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/remote_management/manageiq/manageiq_tags.py
@@ -91,17 +91,7 @@ RETURN = '''
 '''
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils.manageiq import ManageIQ, manageiq_argument_spec
-
-
-def manageiq_entities():
-    return {
-        'provider': 'providers', 'host': 'hosts', 'vm': 'vms',
-        'category': 'categories', 'cluster': 'clusters', 'data store': 'data_stores',
-        'group': 'groups', 'resource pool': 'resource_pools', 'service': 'services',
-        'service template': 'service_templates', 'template': 'templates',
-        'tenant': 'tenants', 'user': 'users', 'blueprint': 'blueprints'
-    }
+from ansible.module_utils.manageiq import ManageIQ, manageiq_argument_spec, manageiq_entities
 
 
 def query_resource_id(manageiq, resource_type, resource_name):