diff --git a/includes/bootstrap.inc b/includes/bootstrap.inc
index 80563ef..90b5765 100644
--- a/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -2233,6 +2233,19 @@ function drupal_get_user_timezone() {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Gets a salt useful for hardening against SQL injection.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   A salt based on information in settings.php, not in the database.
+ */
+function drupal_get_hash_salt() {
+  global $drupal_hash_salt, $databases;
+  // If the $drupal_hash_salt variable is empty, a hash of the serialized
+  // database credentials is used as a fallback salt.
+  return empty($drupal_hash_salt) ? hash('sha256', serialize($databases)) : $drupal_hash_salt;
+}
+
+/**
  * Provides custom PHP error handling.
  *
  * @param $error_level
@@ -2452,7 +2465,6 @@ function drupal_get_bootstrap_phase() {
  *   HMAC and timestamp.
  */
 function drupal_valid_test_ua() {
-  global $drupal_hash_salt;
   // No reason to reset this.
   static $test_prefix;
 
@@ -2466,7 +2478,7 @@ function drupal_valid_test_ua() {
     // We use the salt from settings.php to make the HMAC key, since
     // the database is not yet initialized and we can't access any Drupal variables.
     // The file properties add more entropy not easily accessible to others.
-    $key = $drupal_hash_salt . filectime(__FILE__) . fileinode(__FILE__);
+    $key = drupal_get_hash_salt() . filectime(__FILE__) . fileinode(__FILE__);
     $time_diff = REQUEST_TIME - $time;
     // Since we are making a local request a 5 second time window is allowed,
     // and the HMAC must match.
@@ -2484,14 +2496,13 @@ function drupal_valid_test_ua() {
  * Generates a user agent string with a HMAC and timestamp for simpletest.
  */
 function drupal_generate_test_ua($prefix) {
-  global $drupal_hash_salt;
   static $key;
 
   if (!isset($key)) {
     // We use the salt from settings.php to make the HMAC key, since
     // the database is not yet initialized and we can't access any Drupal variables.
     // The file properties add more entropy not easily accessible to others.
-    $key = $drupal_hash_salt . filectime(__FILE__) . fileinode(__FILE__);
+    $key = drupal_get_hash_salt() . filectime(__FILE__) . fileinode(__FILE__);
   }
   // Generate a moderately secure HMAC based on the database credentials.
   $salt = uniqid('', TRUE);
diff --git a/includes/common.inc b/includes/common.inc
index 31923f2..3ec6863 100644
--- a/includes/common.inc
+++ b/includes/common.inc
@@ -5035,19 +5035,6 @@ function drupal_json_output($var = NULL) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Gets a salt useful for hardening against SQL injection.
- *
- * @return
- *   A salt based on information in settings.php, not in the database.
- */
-function drupal_get_hash_salt() {
-  global $drupal_hash_salt, $databases;
-  // If the $drupal_hash_salt variable is empty, a hash of the serialized
-  // database credentials is used as a fallback salt.
-  return empty($drupal_hash_salt) ? hash('sha256', serialize($databases)) : $drupal_hash_salt;
-}
-
-/**
  * Ensures the private key variable used to generate tokens is set.
  *
  * @return
@@ -5069,8 +5056,10 @@ function drupal_get_private_key() {
  *
  * @return string
  *   A 43-character URL-safe token for validation, based on the user session ID,
- *   the global $drupal_hash_salt variable from settings.php, and the
+ *   the hash salt provided from drupal_get_hash_salt(), and the
  *   'drupal_private_key' configuration variable.
+ *
+ * @see drupal_get_hash_salt()
  */
 function drupal_get_token($value = '') {
   return drupal_hmac_base64($value, session_id() . drupal_get_private_key() . drupal_get_hash_salt());