diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/BinaryDictionaryFileDumper.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/BinaryDictionaryFileDumper.java
index 562e1d0b7..42f713697 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/BinaryDictionaryFileDumper.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/BinaryDictionaryFileDumper.java
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ public final class BinaryDictionaryFileDumper {
 
     private static void reinitializeClientRecordInDictionaryContentProvider(final Context context,
             final ContentProviderClient client, final String clientId) throws RemoteException {
-        final String metadataFileUri = context.getString(R.string.dictionary_pack_metadata_uri);
+        final String metadataFileUri = MetadataFileUriGetter.getMetadataUri(context);
         if (TextUtils.isEmpty(metadataFileUri)) return;
         // Tell the content provider to reset all information about this client id
         final Uri metadataContentUri = getProviderUriBuilder(clientId)
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/MetadataFileUriGetter.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/MetadataFileUriGetter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6dc6db8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/MetadataFileUriGetter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.inputmethod.latin;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+
+/**
+ * Helper class to get the metadata URI.
+ */
+public class MetadataFileUriGetter {
+    public static String getMetadataUri(Context context) {
+        return context.getString(R.string.dictionary_pack_metadata_uri);
+    }
+}