diff --git a/core/includes/bootstrap.inc b/core/includes/bootstrap.inc
index fb61023..b32f577 100644
--- a/core/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/core/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -1907,6 +1907,55 @@ function request_path() {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Returns a component of the current Drupal path.
+ *
+ * When viewing a page at the path "admin/structure/types", for example, arg(0)
+ * returns "admin", arg(1) returns "structure", and arg(2) returns "types".
+ *
+ * Avoid use of this function where possible, as resulting code is hard to
+ * read. In menu callback functions, attempt to use named arguments. See the
+ * explanation in menu.inc for how to construct callbacks that take arguments.
+ * When attempting to use this function to load an element from the current
+ * path, e.g. loading the node on a node page, use menu_get_object() instead.
+ *
+ * @param $index
+ *   The index of the component, where each component is separated by a '/'
+ *   (forward-slash), and where the first component has an index of 0 (zero).
+ * @param $path
+ *   A path to break into components. Defaults to the path of the current page.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   The component specified by $index, or NULL if the specified component was
+ *   not found. If called without arguments, it returns an array containing all
+ *   the components of the current path.
+ */
+function arg($index = NULL, $path = NULL) {
+  // Even though $arguments doesn't need to be resettable for any functional
+  // reasons (the result of explode() does not depend on any run-time
+  // information), it should be resettable anyway in case a module needs to
+  // free up the memory used by it.
+  // Use the advanced drupal_static() pattern, since this is called very often.
+  static $drupal_static_fast;
+  if (!isset($drupal_static_fast)) {
+    $drupal_static_fast['arguments'] = &drupal_static(__FUNCTION__);
+  }
+  $arguments = &$drupal_static_fast['arguments'];
+
+  if (!isset($path)) {
+    $path = current_path();
+  }
+  if (!isset($arguments[$path])) {
+    $arguments[$path] = explode('/', $path);
+  }
+  if (!isset($index)) {
+    return $arguments[$path];
+  }
+  if (isset($arguments[$path][$index])) {
+    return $arguments[$path][$index];
+  }
+}
+
+/**
  * Initializes and returns the class loader.
  *
  * The class loader is responsible for lazy-loading all PSR-0 compatible
diff --git a/core/includes/path.inc b/core/includes/path.inc
index 94aeeb0..e4674f5 100644
--- a/core/includes/path.inc
+++ b/core/includes/path.inc
@@ -86,55 +86,6 @@ function current_path() {
 }
 
 /**
- * Returns a component of the current Drupal path.
- *
- * When viewing a page at the path "admin/structure/types", for example, arg(0)
- * returns "admin", arg(1) returns "structure", and arg(2) returns "types".
- *
- * Avoid use of this function where possible, as resulting code is hard to
- * read. In menu callback functions, attempt to use named arguments. See the
- * explanation in menu.inc for how to construct callbacks that take arguments.
- * When attempting to use this function to load an element from the current
- * path, e.g. loading the node on a node page, use menu_get_object() instead.
- *
- * @param $index
- *   The index of the component, where each component is separated by a '/'
- *   (forward-slash), and where the first component has an index of 0 (zero).
- * @param $path
- *   A path to break into components. Defaults to the path of the current page.
- *
- * @return
- *   The component specified by $index, or NULL if the specified component was
- *   not found. If called without arguments, it returns an array containing all
- *   the components of the current path.
- */
-function arg($index = NULL, $path = NULL) {
-  // Even though $arguments doesn't need to be resettable for any functional
-  // reasons (the result of explode() does not depend on any run-time
-  // information), it should be resettable anyway in case a module needs to
-  // free up the memory used by it.
-  // Use the advanced drupal_static() pattern, since this is called very often.
-  static $drupal_static_fast;
-  if (!isset($drupal_static_fast)) {
-    $drupal_static_fast['arguments'] = &drupal_static(__FUNCTION__);
-  }
-  $arguments = &$drupal_static_fast['arguments'];
-
-  if (!isset($path)) {
-    $path = current_path();
-  }
-  if (!isset($arguments[$path])) {
-    $arguments[$path] = explode('/', $path);
-  }
-  if (!isset($index)) {
-    return $arguments[$path];
-  }
-  if (isset($arguments[$path][$index])) {
-    return $arguments[$path][$index];
-  }
-}
-
-/**
  * Determines whether a path is in the administrative section of the site.
  *
  * By default, paths are considered to be non-administrative. If a path does