diff --git a/resolver/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/resolver/ResolverImpl.java b/resolver/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/resolver/ResolverImpl.java
index 7b08d04..00a8977 100644
--- a/resolver/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/resolver/ResolverImpl.java
+++ b/resolver/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/resolver/ResolverImpl.java
@@ -925,11 +925,7 @@
                     if (w.getRequirement().getNamespace()
                         .equals(BundleNamespace.BUNDLE_NAMESPACE))
                     {
-                        String value = w.getRequirement()
-                            .getDirectives()
-                            .get(BundleNamespace.REQUIREMENT_VISIBILITY_DIRECTIVE);
-                        if ((value != null)
-                            && value.equals(BundleNamespace.VISIBILITY_REEXPORT))
+                        if (Util.isReexport(w.getRequirement()))
                         {
                             mergeCandidatePackages(
                                 rc,
@@ -949,11 +945,7 @@
                 {
                     if (req.getNamespace().equals(BundleNamespace.BUNDLE_NAMESPACE))
                     {
-                        String value =
-                            req.getDirectives()
-                            .get(BundleNamespace.REQUIREMENT_VISIBILITY_DIRECTIVE);
-                        if ((value != null)
-                            && value.equals(BundleNamespace.VISIBILITY_REEXPORT))
+                        if (Util.isReexport(req))
                         {
                             Capability cap = allCandidates.getFirstCandidate(req);
                             if (cap != null) {
diff --git a/resolver/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/resolver/Util.java b/resolver/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/resolver/Util.java
index 84de220..973cd5b 100644
--- a/resolver/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/resolver/Util.java
+++ b/resolver/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/resolver/Util.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import org.osgi.framework.Version;
+import org.osgi.framework.namespace.BundleNamespace;
 import org.osgi.framework.namespace.IdentityNamespace;
 import org.osgi.framework.namespace.PackageNamespace;
 import org.osgi.resource.Capability;
@@ -90,6 +91,12 @@
             .get(Namespace.REQUIREMENT_RESOLUTION_DIRECTIVE));
     }
 
+    public static boolean isReexport(Requirement req)
+    {
+        return BundleNamespace.VISIBILITY_REEXPORT.equals(req.getDirectives()
+            .get(BundleNamespace.REQUIREMENT_VISIBILITY_DIRECTIVE));
+    }
+
     public static List<Requirement> getDynamicRequirements(List<Requirement> reqs)
     {
         List<Requirement> result = new ArrayList<Requirement>();