diff --git a/include/osgDB/DatabasePager b/include/osgDB/DatabasePager
index 9fc7ab9ba..183309472 100644
--- a/include/osgDB/DatabasePager
+++ b/include/osgDB/DatabasePager
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@ class OSGDB_EXPORT DatabasePager : public osg::NodeVisitor::DatabaseRequestHandl
         struct RequestQueue : public osg::Referenced
         {
             typedef std::list< osg::ref_ptr<DatabaseRequest> > RequestList;
+
+            void sort();
                                     
             RequestList         _requestList;
             OpenThreads::Mutex  _requestMutex;
diff --git a/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp b/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
index 0a36daa13..47dd8a884 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
@@ -83,20 +83,6 @@ RefPtrAdapter<FuncObj> refPtrAdapt(const FuncObj& func)
 }
 }
 
-/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//
-//  SortFileRequestFunctor
-//
-struct DatabasePager::SortFileRequestFunctor
-{
-    bool operator() (const osg::ref_ptr<DatabasePager::DatabaseRequest>& lhs,const osg::ref_ptr<DatabasePager::DatabaseRequest>& rhs) const
-    {
-        if (lhs->_timestampLastRequest>rhs->_timestampLastRequest) return true;
-        else if (lhs->_timestampLastRequest<rhs->_timestampLastRequest) return false;
-        else return (lhs->_priorityLastRequest>rhs->_priorityLastRequest);
-    }
-};
-
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
 //  FindCompileableGLObjectsVisitor
@@ -236,6 +222,31 @@ public:
 };
 
 
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+//  SortFileRequestFunctor
+//
+struct DatabasePager::SortFileRequestFunctor
+{
+    bool operator() (const osg::ref_ptr<DatabasePager::DatabaseRequest>& lhs,const osg::ref_ptr<DatabasePager::DatabaseRequest>& rhs) const
+    {
+        if (lhs->_timestampLastRequest>rhs->_timestampLastRequest) return true;
+        else if (lhs->_timestampLastRequest<rhs->_timestampLastRequest) return false;
+        else return (lhs->_priorityLastRequest>rhs->_priorityLastRequest);
+    }
+};
+
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+//  ReadQueue
+//
+void DatabasePager::RequestQueue::sort()
+{
+    _requestList.sort(SortFileRequestFunctor());
+}
+
+
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
 //  ReadQueue
@@ -279,7 +290,8 @@ void DatabasePager::ReadQueue::takeFirst(osg::ref_ptr<DatabaseRequest>& database
 
     if (!_requestList.empty())
     {
-        _requestList.sort(SortFileRequestFunctor());
+        sort();
+    
         databaseRequest = _requestList.front();
         databaseRequest->_requestQueue = 0;
         _requestList.erase(_requestList.begin());
@@ -659,7 +671,8 @@ void DatabasePager::DatabaseThread::run()
             if (loadedObjectsNeedToBeCompiled)
             {
                 OpenThreads::ScopedLock<OpenThreads::Mutex> lock(_pager->_dataToCompileList->_requestMutex);
-                _pager->_dataToCompileList->_requestList.sort(SortFileRequestFunctor());
+
+                _pager->_dataToCompileList->sort();
 
                 // Prune all the old entries.
                 RequestQueue::RequestList::iterator tooOld