diff --git a/packages/babel-core/src/helpers/resolve-from-possible-names.js b/packages/babel-core/src/helpers/resolve-from-possible-names.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e7a34adf0142
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-core/src/helpers/resolve-from-possible-names.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import resolve from "./resolve";
+
+export default function resolveFromPossibleNames(possibleNames: Array<string>, dirname: string): ?string {
+  return possibleNames.reduce((accum, curr) => accum || resolve(curr, dirname), null);
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/src/helpers/resolve-plugin.js b/packages/babel-core/src/helpers/resolve-plugin.js
index 7375845d44ed..65aba0138b6e 100644
--- a/packages/babel-core/src/helpers/resolve-plugin.js
+++ b/packages/babel-core/src/helpers/resolve-plugin.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import resolve from "./resolve";
+import resolveFromPossibleNames from "./resolve-from-possible-names";
 import getPossiblePluginNames from "./get-possible-plugin-names";
 
 export default function resolvePlugin(pluginName: string, dirname: string = process.cwd()): ?string {
-  return getPossiblePluginNames(pluginName).reduce((accum, curr) => accum || resolve(curr, dirname), null);
+  return resolveFromPossibleNames(getPossiblePluginNames(pluginName), dirname);
 }
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/src/helpers/resolve-preset.js b/packages/babel-core/src/helpers/resolve-preset.js
index a7c1784ce99a..417aaf9a0130 100644
--- a/packages/babel-core/src/helpers/resolve-preset.js
+++ b/packages/babel-core/src/helpers/resolve-preset.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import resolve from "./resolve";
+import resolveFromPossibleNames from "./resolve-from-possible-names";
 import getPossiblePresetNames from "./get-possible-preset-names";
 
 export default function resolvePreset(presetName: string, dirname: string = process.cwd()): ?string {
-  return getPossiblePresetNames(presetName).reduce((accum, curr) => accum || resolve(curr, dirname), null);
+  return resolveFromPossibleNames(getPossiblePresetNames(presetName), dirname);
 }