diff --git a/rest_framework/generics.py b/rest_framework/generics.py
index 4f134bce6..127957514 100644
--- a/rest_framework/generics.py
+++ b/rest_framework/generics.py
@@ -11,20 +11,10 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 from rest_framework import views, mixins, exceptions
 from rest_framework.request import clone_request
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
+from rest_framework.pagination import strict_positive_int
 import warnings
 
 
-def strict_positive_int(integer_string, cutoff=None):
-    """
-    Cast a string to a strictly positive integer.
-    """
-    ret = int(integer_string)
-    if ret <= 0:
-        raise ValueError()
-    if cutoff:
-        ret = min(ret, cutoff)
-    return ret
-
 def get_object_or_404(queryset, *filter_args, **filter_kwargs):
     """
     Same as Django's standard shortcut, but make sure to raise 404
diff --git a/rest_framework/pagination.py b/rest_framework/pagination.py
index d51ea929b..0e8ac9db6 100644
--- a/rest_framework/pagination.py
+++ b/rest_framework/pagination.py
@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ from rest_framework import serializers
 from rest_framework.templatetags.rest_framework import replace_query_param
 
 
+def strict_positive_int(integer_string, cutoff=None):
+    """
+    Cast a string to a strictly positive integer.
+    """
+    ret = int(integer_string)
+    if ret <= 0:
+        raise ValueError()
+    if cutoff:
+        ret = min(ret, cutoff)
+    return ret
+
+
 class NextPageField(serializers.Field):
     """
     Field that returns a link to the next page in paginated results.