diff --git a/app/helpers/triggers_helper.rb b/app/helpers/triggers_helper.rb
index a48d4475e97..be5cce9aea0 100644
--- a/app/helpers/triggers_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/triggers_helper.rb
@@ -10,4 +10,17 @@ module TriggersHelper
   def service_trigger_url(service)
     "#{Settings.gitlab.url}/api/v3/projects/#{service.project_id}/services/#{service.to_param}/trigger"
   end
+
+  def real_next_run(trigger_schedule, worker_cron: nil, worker_time_zone: nil)
+    worker_cron = Settings.cron_jobs['trigger_schedule_worker']['cron'] unless worker_cron.present?
+    worker_time_zone = Time.zone.name unless worker_time_zone.present?
+
+    worker_next_time = Ci::CronParser.new(worker_cron, worker_time_zone).next_time_from(Time.now)
+
+    if trigger_schedule.next_run_at > worker_next_time
+      trigger_schedule.next_run_at
+    else
+      worker_next_time
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/ci/trigger_schedule.rb b/app/models/ci/trigger_schedule.rb
index b861f41fed1..aedba8bdf54 100644
--- a/app/models/ci/trigger_schedule.rb
+++ b/app/models/ci/trigger_schedule.rb
@@ -25,19 +25,6 @@ module Ci
       end
     end
 
-    def real_next_run(worker_cron: nil, worker_time_zone: nil)
-      worker_cron = Settings.cron_jobs['trigger_schedule_worker']['cron'] unless worker_cron.present?
-      worker_time_zone = Time.zone.name unless worker_time_zone.present?
-
-      worker_next_time = Ci::CronParser.new(worker_cron, worker_time_zone).next_time_from(Time.now)
-
-      if next_run_at > worker_next_time
-        next_run_at
-      else
-        worker_next_time
-      end
-    end
-
     private
 
     def less_than_1_hour_from_now?(time)
diff --git a/spec/helpers/triggers_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/triggers_helper_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ce17f4442ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/helpers/triggers_helper_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+describe TriggersHelper do
+  describe '#real_next_run' do
+    let(:trigger_schedule) { create(:ci_trigger_schedule, cron: user_cron, cron_time_zone: 'UTC') }
+
+    subject { helper.real_next_run(trigger_schedule, worker_cron: worker_cron, worker_time_zone: 'UTC') }
+
+    context 'when next_run_at > worker_next_time' do
+      let(:worker_cron) { '* * * * *' } # every minutes
+      let(:user_cron) { '0 0 1 1 *' } # every 00:00, January 1st
+
+      it 'returns next_run_at' do
+        is_expected.to eq(trigger_schedule.next_run_at)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when worker_next_time > next_run_at' do
+      let(:worker_cron) { '0 0 1 1 *' } # every 00:00, January 1st
+      let(:user_cron) { '0 */6 * * *' } # each six hours
+
+      it 'returns worker_next_time' do
+        is_expected.to eq(Ci::CronParser.new(worker_cron, 'UTC').next_time_from(Time.now))
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/ci/trigger_schedule_spec.rb b/spec/models/ci/trigger_schedule_spec.rb
index da23611f1a0..6a586a4e9b1 100644
--- a/spec/models/ci/trigger_schedule_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/ci/trigger_schedule_spec.rb
@@ -54,28 +54,4 @@ describe Ci::TriggerSchedule, models: true do
       end
     end
   end
-
-  describe '#real_next_run' do
-    let(:trigger_schedule) { create(:ci_trigger_schedule, cron: user_cron, cron_time_zone: 'UTC') }
-
-    subject { trigger_schedule.real_next_run(worker_cron: worker_cron, worker_time_zone: 'UTC') }
-
-    context 'when next_run_at > worker_next_time' do
-      let(:worker_cron) { '* * * * *' } # every minutes
-      let(:user_cron) { '0 0 1 1 *' } # every 00:00, January 1st
-
-      it 'returns next_run_at' do
-        is_expected.to eq(trigger_schedule.next_run_at)
-      end
-    end
-
-    context 'when worker_next_time > next_run_at' do
-      let(:worker_cron) { '0 0 1 1 *' } # every 00:00, January 1st
-      let(:user_cron) { '0 */6 * * *' } # each six hours
-
-      it 'returns worker_next_time' do
-        is_expected.to eq(Ci::CronParser.new(worker_cron, 'UTC').next_time_from(Time.now))
-      end
-    end
-  end
 end