diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/lfs_api_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/lfs_api_controller.rb
index ece49dcd922..2d493276941 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/lfs_api_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/lfs_api_controller.rb
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ class Projects::LfsApiController < Projects::GitHttpClientController
 
   private
 
-  def objects
-    @objects ||= (params[:objects] || []).to_a
-  end
-
   def existing_oids
     @existing_oids ||= begin
       storage_project.lfs_objects.where(oid: objects.map { |o| o['oid'].to_s }).pluck(:oid)
diff --git a/app/helpers/lfs_helper.rb b/app/helpers/lfs_helper.rb
index d3966ba1f10..2425c3a8bc8 100644
--- a/app/helpers/lfs_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/lfs_helper.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ module LfsHelper
     ci? || lfs_deploy_token? || user_can_download_code? || build_can_download_code?
   end
 
+  def objects
+    @objects ||= (params[:objects] || []).to_a
+  end
+
   def user_can_download_code?
     has_authentication_ability?(:download_code) && can?(user, :download_code, project)
   end