diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/entity/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/entity/mod.rs
index 86a99132f197e9..be142a594cd1d1 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/entity/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/entity/mod.rs
@@ -243,10 +243,6 @@ pub struct Entities {
 }
 
 impl Entities {
-    pub fn meta_len(&self) -> usize {
-        self.meta.len()
-    }
-
     /// Reserve entity IDs concurrently.
     ///
     /// Storage for entity generation and location is lazily allocated by calling `flush`.
@@ -548,6 +544,12 @@ impl Entities {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Accessor for getting the length of the vec in `self.meta`
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn meta_len(&self) -> usize {
+        self.meta.len()
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     pub fn len(&self) -> u32 {
         self.len