diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/methods/filetype_is_file.rs b/clippy_lints/src/methods/filetype_is_file.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b03835f97e63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/methods/filetype_is_file.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+use crate::utils::{get_parent_expr, match_type, paths, span_lint_and_help};
+use if_chain::if_chain;
+use rustc_hir as hir;
+use rustc_lint::LateContext;
+use rustc_span::source_map::Span;
+
+use super::FILETYPE_IS_FILE;
+
+pub(super) fn check(cx: &LateContext<'_>, expr: &hir::Expr<'_>, args: &[hir::Expr<'_>]) {
+    let ty = cx.typeck_results().expr_ty(&args[0]);
+
+    if !match_type(cx, ty, &paths::FILE_TYPE) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let span: Span;
+    let verb: &str;
+    let lint_unary: &str;
+    let help_unary: &str;
+    if_chain! {
+        if let Some(parent) = get_parent_expr(cx, expr);
+        if let hir::ExprKind::Unary(op, _) = parent.kind;
+        if op == hir::UnOp::Not;
+        then {
+            lint_unary = "!";
+            verb = "denies";
+            help_unary = "";
+            span = parent.span;
+        } else {
+            lint_unary = "";
+            verb = "covers";
+            help_unary = "!";
+            span = expr.span;
+        }
+    }
+    let lint_msg = format!("`{}FileType::is_file()` only {} regular files", lint_unary, verb);
+    let help_msg = format!("use `{}FileType::is_dir()` instead", help_unary);
+    span_lint_and_help(cx, FILETYPE_IS_FILE, span, &lint_msg, None, &help_msg);
+}
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/methods/mod.rs b/clippy_lints/src/methods/mod.rs
index a807afb60511..54a6a4cf9341 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/methods/mod.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/methods/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 mod bind_instead_of_map;
 mod bytes_nth;
 mod expect_used;
+mod filetype_is_file;
 mod filter_map_identity;
 mod filter_next;
 mod get_unwrap;
@@ -1725,7 +1726,7 @@ impl<'tcx> LateLintPass<'tcx> for Methods {
             ["add" | "offset" | "sub" | "wrapping_offset" | "wrapping_add" | "wrapping_sub"] => {
                 check_pointer_offset(cx, expr, arg_lists[0])
             },
-            ["is_file", ..] => lint_filetype_is_file(cx, expr, arg_lists[0]),
+            ["is_file", ..] => filetype_is_file::check(cx, expr, arg_lists[0]),
             ["map", "as_ref"] => {
                 option_as_ref_deref::check(cx, expr, arg_lists[1], arg_lists[0], false, self.msrv.as_ref())
             },
@@ -3859,38 +3860,6 @@ fn check_pointer_offset(cx: &LateContext<'_>, expr: &hir::Expr<'_>, args: &[hir:
     }
 }
 
-fn lint_filetype_is_file(cx: &LateContext<'_>, expr: &hir::Expr<'_>, args: &[hir::Expr<'_>]) {
-    let ty = cx.typeck_results().expr_ty(&args[0]);
-
-    if !match_type(cx, ty, &paths::FILE_TYPE) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    let span: Span;
-    let verb: &str;
-    let lint_unary: &str;
-    let help_unary: &str;
-    if_chain! {
-        if let Some(parent) = get_parent_expr(cx, expr);
-        if let hir::ExprKind::Unary(op, _) = parent.kind;
-        if op == hir::UnOp::Not;
-        then {
-            lint_unary = "!";
-            verb = "denies";
-            help_unary = "";
-            span = parent.span;
-        } else {
-            lint_unary = "";
-            verb = "covers";
-            help_unary = "!";
-            span = expr.span;
-        }
-    }
-    let lint_msg = format!("`{}FileType::is_file()` only {} regular files", lint_unary, verb);
-    let help_msg = format!("use `{}FileType::is_dir()` instead", help_unary);
-    span_lint_and_help(cx, FILETYPE_IS_FILE, span, &lint_msg, None, &help_msg);
-}
-
 fn lint_from_iter(cx: &LateContext<'_>, expr: &hir::Expr<'_>, args: &[hir::Expr<'_>]) {
     let ty = cx.typeck_results().expr_ty(expr);
     let arg_ty = cx.typeck_results().expr_ty(&args[0]);