diff --git a/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/keeper/account.go b/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/keeper/account.go
index 0cfe330a261..8fdf5383d12 100644
--- a/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/keeper/account.go
+++ b/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/keeper/account.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	sdkerrors "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/errors"
 	authtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/types"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/crypto/tmhash"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/types"
 	channeltypes "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/modules/core/04-channel/types"
@@ -45,9 +44,9 @@ func (k Keeper) InitInterchainAccount(ctx sdk.Context, connectionID, counterpart
 
 // Register interchain account if it has not already been created
 func (k Keeper) RegisterInterchainAccount(ctx sdk.Context, portId string) {
-	address := k.GenerateAddress(portId)
-	account := k.accountKeeper.GetAccount(ctx, address)
+	address := types.GenerateAddress(portId)
 
+	account := k.accountKeeper.GetAccount(ctx, address)
 	if account != nil {
 		// account already created, return no-op
 		return
@@ -57,11 +56,10 @@ func (k Keeper) RegisterInterchainAccount(ctx sdk.Context, portId string) {
 		authtypes.NewBaseAccountWithAddress(address),
 		portId,
 	)
+
 	k.accountKeeper.NewAccount(ctx, interchainAccount)
 	k.accountKeeper.SetAccount(ctx, interchainAccount)
 	_ = k.SetInterchainAccountAddress(ctx, portId, interchainAccount.Address)
-
-	return
 }
 
 func (k Keeper) SetInterchainAccountAddress(ctx sdk.Context, portId string, address string) string {
@@ -82,11 +80,6 @@ func (k Keeper) GetInterchainAccountAddress(ctx sdk.Context, portId string) (str
 	return interchainAccountAddr, nil
 }
 
-// Determine account's address that will be created.
-func (k Keeper) GenerateAddress(identifier string) []byte {
-	return tmhash.SumTruncated(append([]byte(identifier)))
-}
-
 func (k Keeper) GetInterchainAccount(ctx sdk.Context, addr sdk.AccAddress) (types.InterchainAccount, error) {
 	acc := k.accountKeeper.GetAccount(ctx, addr)
 	if acc == nil {
diff --git a/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/types/account.go b/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/types/account.go
index f9f1634fd31..93f8b18e9a4 100644
--- a/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/types/account.go
+++ b/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/types/account.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	sdkerrors "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/errors"
 	authtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/types"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/crypto/tmhash"
 
 	connectiontypes "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/modules/core/03-connection/types"
 )
@@ -19,6 +20,11 @@ const (
 	ICAPrefix string = "ics-27"
 )
 
+// GenerateAddress returns a truncated SHA256 hash using the provided port string
+func GenerateAddress(port string) []byte {
+	return tmhash.SumTruncated([]byte(port))
+}
+
 // GeneratePortID generates the portID for a specific owner
 // on the controller chain in the format:
 //