diff --git a/src/core/file_sys/bis_factory.cpp b/src/core/file_sys/bis_factory.cpp
index ae4e338003..08a7cea5ab 100644
--- a/src/core/file_sys/bis_factory.cpp
+++ b/src/core/file_sys/bis_factory.cpp
@@ -6,19 +6,12 @@
 
 namespace FileSys {
 
-static VirtualDir GetOrCreateDirectory(const VirtualDir& dir, std::string_view path) {
-    const auto res = dir->GetDirectoryRelative(path);
-    if (res == nullptr)
-        return dir->CreateDirectoryRelative(path);
-    return res;
-}
-
 BISFactory::BISFactory(VirtualDir nand_root_)
     : nand_root(std::move(nand_root_)),
       sysnand_cache(std::make_shared<RegisteredCache>(
-          GetOrCreateDirectory(nand_root, "/system/Contents/registered"))),
+          GetOrCreateDirectoryRelative(nand_root, "/system/Contents/registered"))),
       usrnand_cache(std::make_shared<RegisteredCache>(
-          GetOrCreateDirectory(nand_root, "/user/Contents/registered"))) {}
+          GetOrCreateDirectoryRelative(nand_root, "/user/Contents/registered"))) {}
 
 std::shared_ptr<RegisteredCache> BISFactory::GetSystemNANDContents() const {
     return sysnand_cache;
diff --git a/src/core/file_sys/vfs.cpp b/src/core/file_sys/vfs.cpp
index b915b4c11f..146c839f44 100644
--- a/src/core/file_sys/vfs.cpp
+++ b/src/core/file_sys/vfs.cpp
@@ -462,4 +462,11 @@ bool VfsRawCopy(VirtualFile src, VirtualFile dest) {
     std::vector<u8> data = src->ReadAllBytes();
     return dest->WriteBytes(data, 0) == data.size();
 }
+
+VirtualDir GetOrCreateDirectoryRelative(const VirtualDir& rel, std::string_view path) {
+    const auto res = rel->GetDirectoryRelative(path);
+    if (res == nullptr)
+        return rel->CreateDirectoryRelative(path);
+    return res;
+}
 } // namespace FileSys
diff --git a/src/core/file_sys/vfs.h b/src/core/file_sys/vfs.h
index 22db08b599..5142a3e867 100644
--- a/src/core/file_sys/vfs.h
+++ b/src/core/file_sys/vfs.h
@@ -318,4 +318,8 @@ bool DeepEquals(const VirtualFile& file1, const VirtualFile& file2, size_t block
 // directory of src/dest.
 bool VfsRawCopy(VirtualFile src, VirtualFile dest);
 
+// Checks if the directory at path relative to rel exists. If it does, returns that. If it does not
+// it attempts to create it and returns the new dir or nullptr on failure.
+VirtualDir GetOrCreateDirectoryRelative(const VirtualDir& rel, std::string_view path);
+
 } // namespace FileSys