diff --git a/includes/common.inc b/includes/common.inc
index 22d58488d585..e22ce998ac27 100644
--- a/includes/common.inc
+++ b/includes/common.inc
@@ -6278,6 +6278,14 @@ function entity_get_info($entity_type = NULL) {
   return empty($entity_type) ? $entity_info : $entity_info[$entity_type];
 }
 
+/**
+ * Resets the cached information about entity types.
+ */
+function entity_info_cache_clear() {
+  drupal_static_reset('entity_get_info');
+  cache_clear_all('entity_info', 'cache');
+}
+
 /**
  * Helper function to extract id, vid, and bundle name from an entity.
  *
diff --git a/modules/field/field.info.inc b/modules/field/field.info.inc
index ef6276415e5b..366a009eb337 100644
--- a/modules/field/field.info.inc
+++ b/modules/field/field.info.inc
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@
 function field_info_cache_clear() {
   // @todo: Remove this when field_attach_*_bundle() bundle management
   // functions are moved to the entity API.
-  drupal_static_reset('entity_get_info');
-  cache_clear_all('entity_info', 'cache');
+  entity_info_cache_clear();
 
   _field_info_collate_types(TRUE);
   drupal_static_reset('field_build_modes');
diff --git a/modules/field/tests/field_test.module b/modules/field/tests/field_test.module
index dd85c172961b..b8b07b96c9ec 100644
--- a/modules/field/tests/field_test.module
+++ b/modules/field/tests/field_test.module
@@ -105,8 +105,7 @@ function field_test_entity_info_translatable($obj_type = NULL, $translatable = N
   $stored_value = &drupal_static(__FUNCTION__, array());
   if (isset($obj_type)) {
     $stored_value[$obj_type] = $translatable;
-    drupal_static_reset('entity_get_info');
-    cache_clear_all('entity_info', 'cache');
+    entity_info_cache_clear();
   }
   return $stored_value;
 }
diff --git a/modules/rdf/rdf.module b/modules/rdf/rdf.module
index 7425feeb25c6..1ca95f6b6dd4 100644
--- a/modules/rdf/rdf.module
+++ b/modules/rdf/rdf.module
@@ -163,8 +163,7 @@ function rdf_mapping_save(&$mapping) {
     ))
     ->execute();
 
-  cache_clear_all('entity_info', 'cache');
-  drupal_static_reset('entity_get_info');
+  entity_info_cache_clear();
 
   return $status;
 }
@@ -258,8 +257,7 @@ function rdf_rdfa_attributes($mapping, $data = NULL) {
 function rdf_modules_installed($modules) {
   // We need to clear the caches of entity_info as this is not done right
   // during the tests. see http://drupal.org/node/594234
-  cache_clear_all('entity_info', 'cache');
-  drupal_static_reset('entity_get_info');
+  entity_info_cache_clear();
 
   foreach ($modules as $module) {
     $function = $module . '_rdf_mapping';
diff --git a/modules/rdf/rdf.test b/modules/rdf/rdf.test
index 3055a4cd5b7c..242f423992ff 100644
--- a/modules/rdf/rdf.test
+++ b/modules/rdf/rdf.test
@@ -138,8 +138,7 @@ class RdfMappingDefinitionTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     rdf_modules_installed(array('rdf_test', 'node'));
     // entity_info caches must be cleared during testing. This is done
     // automatically during the manual installation.
-    cache_clear_all('entity_info', 'cache');
-    drupal_static_reset('entity_get_info');
+    entity_info_cache_clear();
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/modules/system/system.admin.inc b/modules/system/system.admin.inc
index 80e9c0bead65..90930c29865f 100644
--- a/modules/system/system.admin.inc
+++ b/modules/system/system.admin.inc
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ function system_modules_submit($form, &$form_state) {
   node_types_rebuild();
   menu_rebuild();
   cache_clear_all('schema', 'cache');
-  cache_clear_all('entity_info', 'cache');
+  entity_info_cache_clear();
   drupal_clear_css_cache();
   drupal_clear_js_cache();