diff --git a/template/app/GuideSearch.js b/template/app/GuideSearch.js
index b5ac922435fbc22319d428a75b17a5f685545e2a..7863f1702679ece2ebfc360693037a8c5cb1ffcf 100644
--- a/template/app/GuideSearch.js
+++ b/template/app/GuideSearch.js
@@ -13,6 +13,29 @@ Ext.define("Docs.GuideSearch", {
         return !!Docs.data.guideSearch.url;
     },
 
+    /**
+     * Invokes #search after a specified delay.
+     *
+     * @param {String} term  The query string to search for
+     * @param {Function} callback Function to call with an array of search results.
+     * @param {Object} scope Scope for the function.
+     * @param {Number} delay Milliseconds to wait before starting.
+     */
+    deferredSearch: function(term, callback, scope, delay) {
+        // When new search term comes in, cancel the previous delayed search.
+        clearTimeout(this.timeout);
+
+        var timeout = this.timeout = Ext.Function.defer(function() {
+            this.search(term, function(results) {
+                // When new search is already started, don't show the
+                // results of old search.
+                if (timeout === this.timeout) {
+                    callback.call(scope, results);
+                }
+            }, this);
+        }, delay, this);
+    },
+
     /**
      * Peforms the search remotely, then calls the given function.
      *
diff --git a/template/app/controller/Search.js b/template/app/controller/Search.js
index 99db87eab2bfeb08ec58e3e12f403c44d78d68f7..636ace34e1e9d7c6097061c7bcc7066271ec7a85 100644
--- a/template/app/controller/Search.js
+++ b/template/app/controller/Search.js
@@ -151,19 +151,10 @@ Ext.define('Docs.controller.Search', {
         }
     },
 
-    // Wait a bit before launching guides search.
-    // When new search term comes in, cancel the previous delayed search.
-    // When the search had already started, don't show the results when it finishes.
     guideSearch: function(term) {
-        clearTimeout(this.guideSearchTimeout);
-
-        var timeout = this.guideSearchTimeout = Ext.Function.defer(function() {
-            Docs.GuideSearch.search(term, function(guideResults) {
-                if (timeout === this.guideSearchTimeout) {
-                    this.basicSearch(term, guideResults);
-                }
-            }, this);
-        }, this.guideSearchDelay, this);
+        Docs.GuideSearch.deferredSearch(term, function(guideResults) {
+            this.basicSearch(term, guideResults);
+        }, this, this.guideSearchDelay);
     },
 
     basicSearch: function(term, guideResults) {