diff --git a/lib/caller/caller.go b/lib/caller/caller.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9004d36d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/caller/caller.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Package caller contains functions to examine the call stack.
+package caller
+
+import (
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// Present looks for functionName in the call stack and return true if found
+//
+// Note that this ignores the caller.
+func Present(functionName string) bool {
+	var pcs [48]uintptr
+	n := runtime.Callers(3, pcs[:]) // skip runtime.Callers, Present and caller
+	frames := runtime.CallersFrames(pcs[:n])
+	for {
+		f, more := frames.Next()
+		if strings.HasSuffix(f.Function, functionName) {
+			return true
+		}
+		if !more {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/lib/caller/caller_test.go b/lib/caller/caller_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3d13e6ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/caller/caller_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package caller
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestPresent(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.False(t, Present("NotFound"))
+	assert.False(t, Present("TestPresent"))
+	f := func() {
+		assert.True(t, Present("TestPresent"))
+	}
+	f()
+}
+
+func BenchmarkPresent(b *testing.B) {
+	for b.Loop() {
+		_ = Present("NotFound")
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkPresent100(b *testing.B) {
+	var fn func(level int)
+	fn = func(level int) {
+		if level > 0 {
+			fn(level - 1)
+			return
+		}
+		for b.Loop() {
+			_ = Present("NotFound")
+		}
+
+	}
+	fn(100)
+}
diff --git a/lib/pacer/pacer.go b/lib/pacer/pacer.go
index 005317821..357ff7d49 100644
--- a/lib/pacer/pacer.go
+++ b/lib/pacer/pacer.go
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ package pacer
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"runtime"
-	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/rclone/rclone/lib/caller"
 	liberrors "github.com/rclone/rclone/lib/errors"
 )
 
@@ -193,7 +192,9 @@ func (p *Pacer) endCall(retry bool, err error, limitConnections bool) {
 	p.mu.Unlock()
 }
 
-// Detect the pacer being called reentrantly.
+// call implements Call but with settable retries
+//
+// This detects the pacer being called reentrantly.
 //
 // This looks for Pacer.call in the call stack and returns true if it
 // is found.
@@ -204,27 +205,10 @@ func (p *Pacer) endCall(retry bool, err error, limitConnections bool) {
 // This is only needed when p.maxConnections > 0 which isn't a common
 // configuration so adding a bit of extra slowdown here is not a
 // problem.
-func pacerReentered() bool {
-	var pcs [48]uintptr
-	n := runtime.Callers(3, pcs[:]) // skip runtime.Callers, pacerReentered and call
-	frames := runtime.CallersFrames(pcs[:n])
-	for {
-		f, more := frames.Next()
-		if strings.HasSuffix(f.Function, "(*Pacer).call") {
-			return true
-		}
-		if !more {
-			break
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-// call implements Call but with settable retries
 func (p *Pacer) call(fn Paced, retries int) (err error) {
 	var retry bool
 	limitConnections := false
-	if p.maxConnections > 0 && !pacerReentered() {
+	if p.maxConnections > 0 && !caller.Present("(*Pacer).call") {
 		limitConnections = true
 	}
 	for i := 1; i <= retries; i++ {
diff --git a/lib/pacer/pacer_test.go b/lib/pacer/pacer_test.go
index 76ef4b071..5c5bbd298 100644
--- a/lib/pacer/pacer_test.go
+++ b/lib/pacer/pacer_test.go
@@ -353,27 +353,6 @@ func TestCallParallel(t *testing.T) {
 	wait.Broadcast()
 }
 
-func BenchmarkPacerReentered(b *testing.B) {
-	for b.Loop() {
-		_ = pacerReentered()
-	}
-}
-
-func BenchmarkPacerReentered100(b *testing.B) {
-	var fn func(level int)
-	fn = func(level int) {
-		if level > 0 {
-			fn(level - 1)
-			return
-		}
-		for b.Loop() {
-			_ = pacerReentered()
-		}
-
-	}
-	fn(100)
-}
-
 func TestCallMaxConnectionsRecursiveDeadlock(t *testing.T) {
 	p := New(CalculatorOption(NewDefault(MinSleep(1*time.Millisecond), MaxSleep(2*time.Millisecond))))
 	p.SetMaxConnections(1)