diff --git a/mayan/apps/documents/models.py b/mayan/apps/documents/models.py
index f2de53c73f..83093d63b9 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/documents/models.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/documents/models.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from acls.utils import apply_default_acls
+from common.settings import TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY
 from converter.api import (convert, get_page_count,
                            get_available_transformations_choices)
 from converter.exceptions import UnknownFileFormat
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ from .managers import (DocumentPageTransformationManager, DocumentTypeManager,
 from .runtime import storage_backend
 from .settings import (CACHE_PATH, CHECKSUM_FUNCTION, DISPLAY_SIZE,
                        UUID_FUNCTION, ZOOM_MAX_LEVEL, ZOOM_MIN_LEVEL)
-from .utils import document_save_to_temp_dir
 
 HASH_FUNCTION = lambda x: hashlib.sha256(x).hexdigest()  # document image cache name hash function
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class Document(models.Model):
             return cache_file_path
         else:
             document_version = DocumentVersion.objects.get(pk=version)
-            document_file = document_save_to_temp_dir(document_version, document_version.checksum)
+            document_file = document_version.document.document_save_to_temp_dir(document_version.checksum)
             return convert(input_filepath=document_file, output_filepath=cache_file_path, page=page, transformations=transformations, mimetype=self.file_mimetype)
 
     def get_valid_image(self, size=DISPLAY_SIZE, page=DEFAULT_PAGE_NUMBER, zoom=DEFAULT_ZOOM_LEVEL, rotation=DEFAULT_ROTATION, version=None):
@@ -307,6 +307,10 @@ class Document(models.Model):
         version.filename = value
         return version.save()
 
+    def document_save_to_temp_dir(self, filename, buffer_size=1024 * 1024):
+        temporary_path = os.path.join(TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY, filename)
+        return self.save_to_file(temporary_path, buffer_size)
+
     filename = property(_get_filename, _set_filename)
 
 
diff --git a/mayan/apps/documents/utils.py b/mayan/apps/documents/utils.py
deleted file mode 100644
index fb31763c2d..0000000000
--- a/mayan/apps/documents/utils.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import os
-
-from common.settings import TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY
-
-
-def document_save_to_temp_dir(document, filename, buffer_size=1024 * 1024):
-    temporary_path = os.path.join(TEMPORARY_DIRECTORY, filename)
-    return document.save_to_file(temporary_path, buffer_size)
diff --git a/mayan/apps/ocr/parsers/__init__.py b/mayan/apps/ocr/parsers/__init__.py
index ef114e8fd2..d14648755b 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/ocr/parsers/__init__.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/ocr/parsers/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from converter import office_converter
 from converter.exceptions import OfficeConversionError
 from converter.office_converter import (CONVERTER_OFFICE_FILE_MIMETYPES,
                                         OfficeConverter)
-from documents.utils import document_save_to_temp_dir
 
 from ..settings import PDFTOTEXT_PATH
 
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ class OfficeParser(Parser):
         logger.debug('executing')
         try:
             office_converter = OfficeConverter()
-            document_file = document_save_to_temp_dir(document_page.document, document_page.document.checksum)
+            document_file = document_page.document.document_save_to_temp_dir(document_page.document.checksum)
             logger.debug('document_file: %s', document_file)
 
             office_converter.convert(document_file, mimetype=document_page.document.file_mimetype)
@@ -141,7 +140,7 @@ class PopplerParser(Parser):
             copyfile(descriptor, temp_filepath)
             document_file = temp_filepath
         else:
-            document_file = document_save_to_temp_dir(document_page.document, document_page.document.checksum)
+            document_file = document_page.document.document_save_to_temp_dir(document_page.document.checksum)
 
         logger.debug('document_file: %s', document_file)