diff --git a/daemon/archive.go b/daemon/archive.go
index c14467aef4..f9a9cb8afc 100644
--- a/daemon/archive.go
+++ b/daemon/archive.go
@@ -322,3 +322,68 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) containerExtractToDir(container *Container, path string, n
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (daemon *Daemon) containerCopy(container *Container, resource string) (rc io.ReadCloser, err error) {
+	container.Lock()
+
+	defer func() {
+		if err != nil {
+			// Wait to unlock the container until the archive is fully read
+			// (see the ReadCloseWrapper func below) or if there is an error
+			// before that occurs.
+			container.Unlock()
+		}
+	}()
+
+	if err := daemon.Mount(container); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	defer func() {
+		if err != nil {
+			// unmount any volumes
+			container.unmountVolumes(true)
+			// unmount the container's rootfs
+			daemon.Unmount(container)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	if err := container.mountVolumes(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	basePath, err := container.GetResourcePath(resource)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	stat, err := os.Stat(basePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	var filter []string
+	if !stat.IsDir() {
+		d, f := filepath.Split(basePath)
+		basePath = d
+		filter = []string{f}
+	} else {
+		filter = []string{filepath.Base(basePath)}
+		basePath = filepath.Dir(basePath)
+	}
+	archive, err := archive.TarWithOptions(basePath, &archive.TarOptions{
+		Compression:  archive.Uncompressed,
+		IncludeFiles: filter,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	reader := ioutils.NewReadCloserWrapper(archive, func() error {
+		err := archive.Close()
+		container.unmountVolumes(true)
+		daemon.Unmount(container)
+		container.Unlock()
+		return err
+	})
+	daemon.logContainerEvent(container, "copy")
+	return reader, nil
+}
diff --git a/daemon/container.go b/daemon/container.go
index e96b273beb..f6884cdec0 100644
--- a/daemon/container.go
+++ b/daemon/container.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/logger/jsonfilelog"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/network"
 	derr "github.com/docker/docker/errors"
-	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/archive"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/broadcaster"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/fileutils"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/ioutils"
@@ -306,71 +305,6 @@ func validateID(id string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (daemon *Daemon) containerCopy(container *Container, resource string) (rc io.ReadCloser, err error) {
-	container.Lock()
-
-	defer func() {
-		if err != nil {
-			// Wait to unlock the container until the archive is fully read
-			// (see the ReadCloseWrapper func below) or if there is an error
-			// before that occurs.
-			container.Unlock()
-		}
-	}()
-
-	if err := daemon.Mount(container); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	defer func() {
-		if err != nil {
-			// unmount any volumes
-			container.unmountVolumes(true)
-			// unmount the container's rootfs
-			daemon.Unmount(container)
-		}
-	}()
-
-	if err := container.mountVolumes(); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	basePath, err := container.GetResourcePath(resource)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	stat, err := os.Stat(basePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	var filter []string
-	if !stat.IsDir() {
-		d, f := filepath.Split(basePath)
-		basePath = d
-		filter = []string{f}
-	} else {
-		filter = []string{filepath.Base(basePath)}
-		basePath = filepath.Dir(basePath)
-	}
-	archive, err := archive.TarWithOptions(basePath, &archive.TarOptions{
-		Compression:  archive.Uncompressed,
-		IncludeFiles: filter,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	reader := ioutils.NewReadCloserWrapper(archive, func() error {
-		err := archive.Close()
-		container.unmountVolumes(true)
-		daemon.Unmount(container)
-		container.Unlock()
-		return err
-	})
-	daemon.logContainerEvent(container, "copy")
-	return reader, nil
-}
-
 // Returns true if the container exposes a certain port
 func (container *Container) exposes(p nat.Port) bool {
 	_, exists := container.Config.ExposedPorts[p]