diff --git a/src/peft/__init__.py b/src/peft/__init__.py
index e141347..1314009 100644
--- a/src/peft/__init__.py
+++ b/src/peft/__init__.py
@@ -51,3 +51,4 @@ from .utils import (
     set_peft_model_state_dict,
     shift_tokens_right,
 )
+from .import_utils import is_bnb_available
diff --git a/src/peft/import_utils.py b/src/peft/import_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71db603
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/peft/import_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# coding=utf-8
+# Copyright 2023-present the HuggingFace Inc. team.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+import importlib
+
+
+def is_bnb_available():
+    return importlib.util.find_spec("bitsandbytes") is not None
diff --git a/src/peft/tuners/lora.py b/src/peft/tuners/lora.py
index 51cd56f..f18f961 100644
--- a/src/peft/tuners/lora.py
+++ b/src/peft/tuners/lora.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-import importlib
 import math
 import re
 import warnings
@@ -25,11 +24,7 @@ import torch.nn as nn
 import torch.nn.functional as F
 from transformers.pytorch_utils import Conv1D
 
-from ..utils import PeftConfig, PeftType, transpose
-
-
-def is_bnb_available():
-    return importlib.util.find_spec("bitsandbytes") is not None
+from ..utils import PeftConfig, PeftType, is_bnb_available, transpose
 
 
 if is_bnb_available():
diff --git a/tests/test_common_gpu.py b/tests/test_common_gpu.py
index 7b5a39e..2f30018 100644
--- a/tests/test_common_gpu.py
+++ b/tests/test_common_gpu.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 import gc
-import importlib
 import unittest
 
 import pytest
@@ -21,14 +20,11 @@ import torch
 from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoModelForSeq2SeqLM, AutoTokenizer, WhisperForConditionalGeneration
 
 from peft import LoraConfig, PeftModel, get_peft_model
+from peft.utils import is_bnb_available
 
 from .testing_utils import require_bitsandbytes, require_torch_gpu, require_torch_multi_gpu
 
 
-def is_bnb_available():
-    return importlib.util.find_spec("bitsandbytes") is not None
-
-
 if is_bnb_available():
     from peft.tuners.lora import Linear8bitLt