diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/SingleController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/SingleController.php
index 820949f258..6b2f5f934e 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/SingleController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/SingleController.php
@@ -445,18 +445,4 @@ class SingleController extends Controller
         // redirect to previous URL.
         return redirect($this->getPreviousUri('transactions.edit.uri'));
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Checks if journal is split.
-     *
-     * @param TransactionJournal $journal
-     *
-     * @return bool
-     */
-    protected function isSplitJournal(TransactionJournal $journal): bool // validate objects
-    {
-        $count = $this->repository->countTransactions($journal);
-
-        return $count > 2;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Support/Http/Controllers/ModelInformation.php b/app/Support/Http/Controllers/ModelInformation.php
index dd0cd6b8d9..3bb8282d63 100644
--- a/app/Support/Http/Controllers/ModelInformation.php
+++ b/app/Support/Http/Controllers/ModelInformation.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Support\Http\Controllers;
 
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournal;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionType;
+use FireflyIII\Repositories\Journal\JournalRepositoryInterface;
 
 /**
  * Trait ModelInformation
@@ -45,5 +46,21 @@ trait ModelInformation
         return TransactionType::OPENING_BALANCE === $journal->transactionType->type;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks if journal is split.
+     *
+     * @param TransactionJournal $journal
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    protected function isSplitJournal(TransactionJournal $journal): bool // validate objects
+    {
+        /** @var JournalRepositoryInterface $repository */
+        $repository = app(JournalRepositoryInterface::class);
+        $repository->setUser($journal->user);
+        $count = $repository->countTransactions($journal);
+
+        return $count > 2;
+    }
 
 }
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