diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/PageableHandlerMethodArgumentResolverSupport.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/PageableHandlerMethodArgumentResolverSupport.java
index 8b888c6eb..520485f85 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/PageableHandlerMethodArgumentResolverSupport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/PageableHandlerMethodArgumentResolverSupport.java
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ public abstract class PageableHandlerMethodArgumentResolverSupport {
 
 		StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(prefix);
 
-		String value = getQualifier(parameter);
+		String value = SpringDataAnnotationUtils.getQualifier(parameter);
 
 		if (StringUtils.hasLength(value)) {
 			builder.append(value);
@@ -292,16 +292,5 @@ public abstract class PageableHandlerMethodArgumentResolverSupport {
 		}
 	}
 
-	@Nullable
-	private static String getQualifier(@Nullable MethodParameter parameter) {
 
-		if (parameter == null) {
-			return null;
-		}
-
-		MergedAnnotations annotations = MergedAnnotations.from(parameter.getParameter());
-		MergedAnnotation<Qualifier> qualifier = annotations.get(Qualifier.class);
-
-		return qualifier.isPresent() ? qualifier.getString("value") : null;
-	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolverSupport.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolverSupport.java
index 7978d689a..a7f75e77f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolverSupport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolverSupport.java
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public abstract class SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolverSupport {
 
 		StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
 
-		String value = getQualifier(parameter);
+		String value = SpringDataAnnotationUtils.getQualifier(parameter);
 
 		if (StringUtils.hasLength(value)) {
 			builder.append(value);
@@ -295,19 +295,6 @@ public abstract class SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolverSupport {
 		return StringUtils.hasText(source.replace(".", ""));
 	}
 
-	@Nullable
-	private static String getQualifier(@Nullable MethodParameter parameter) {
-
-		if (parameter == null) {
-			return null;
-		}
-
-		MergedAnnotations annotations = MergedAnnotations.from(parameter.getParameter());
-		MergedAnnotation<Qualifier> qualifier = annotations.get(Qualifier.class);
-
-		return qualifier.isPresent() ? qualifier.getString("value") : null;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Helper to easily build request parameter expressions for {@link Sort} instances.
 	 *
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/SpringDataAnnotationUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/SpringDataAnnotationUtils.java
index da14df72d..67eeb4dc5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/SpringDataAnnotationUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/SpringDataAnnotationUtils.java
@@ -23,15 +23,18 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.MergedAnnotation;
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.MergedAnnotations;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 
 /**
- * Helper class to ease sharing code between legacy {@link PageableArgumentResolver} and
- * {@link PageableHandlerMethodArgumentResolver}.
+ * Helper class to ease sharing code between legacy {@link PageableHandlerMethodArgumentResolverSupport} and
+ * {@link SortHandlerMethodArgumentResolverSupport}.
  *
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Mark Paluch
  */
 abstract class SpringDataAnnotationUtils {
 
@@ -105,6 +108,26 @@ abstract class SpringDataAnnotationUtils {
 		return (T) result;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Determine a qualifier value for a {@link MethodParameter}.
+	 *
+	 * @param parameter must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return the qualifier value if {@code @Qualifier} is present.
+	 * @since 2.5
+	 */
+	@Nullable
+	public static String getQualifier(@Nullable MethodParameter parameter) {
+
+		if (parameter == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		MergedAnnotations annotations = MergedAnnotations.from(parameter.getParameter());
+		MergedAnnotation<Qualifier> qualifier = annotations.get(Qualifier.class);
+
+		return qualifier.isPresent() ? qualifier.getString("value") : null;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Asserts that every {@link Pageable} parameter of the given parameters carries an {@link Qualifier} annotation to
 	 * distinguish them from each other.
@@ -154,4 +177,5 @@ abstract class SpringDataAnnotationUtils {
 
 		return null;
 	}
+
 }