diff --git a/gerrit-lucene/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/LuceneChangeIndex.java b/gerrit-lucene/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/LuceneChangeIndex.java
index 1b92ab23d3..2b6c1281fc 100644
--- a/gerrit-lucene/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/LuceneChangeIndex.java
+++ b/gerrit-lucene/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/LuceneChangeIndex.java
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ public class LuceneChangeIndex implements ChangeIndex {
         doc.add(new StoredField(name, (byte[]) value));
       }
     } else {
-      throw QueryBuilder.badFieldType(type);
+      throw FieldType.badFieldType(type);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/gerrit-lucene/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/QueryBuilder.java b/gerrit-lucene/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/QueryBuilder.java
index bb29db211f..218bb71e8f 100644
--- a/gerrit-lucene/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/QueryBuilder.java
+++ b/gerrit-lucene/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/lucene/QueryBuilder.java
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public class QueryBuilder {
     } else if (p.getType() == FieldType.FULL_TEXT) {
       return fullTextQuery(p);
     } else {
-      throw badFieldType(p.getType());
+      throw FieldType.badFieldType(p.getType());
     }
   }
 
@@ -249,8 +249,4 @@ public class QueryBuilder {
   public int toIndexTimeInMinutes(Date ts) {
     return (int) (ts.getTime() / 60000);
   }
-
-  public static IllegalArgumentException badFieldType(FieldType<?> t) {
-    return new IllegalArgumentException("unknown index field type " + t);
-  }
 }
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/index/FieldType.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/index/FieldType.java
index dce8a2059e..89dc808ab9 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/index/FieldType.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/index/FieldType.java
@@ -65,4 +65,8 @@ public class FieldType<T> {
   public String toString() {
     return name;
   }
+
+  public static IllegalArgumentException badFieldType(FieldType<?> t) {
+    return new IllegalArgumentException("unknown index field type " + t);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/gerrit-solr/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/solr/SolrChangeIndex.java b/gerrit-solr/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/solr/SolrChangeIndex.java
index ab95ae4414..b9e479546f 100644
--- a/gerrit-solr/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/solr/SolrChangeIndex.java
+++ b/gerrit-solr/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/solr/SolrChangeIndex.java
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ class SolrChangeIndex implements ChangeIndex, LifecycleListener {
         doc.addField(name, value);
       }
     } else {
-      throw QueryBuilder.badFieldType(type);
+      throw FieldType.badFieldType(type);
     }
   }