diff --git a/beets/plugins.py b/beets/plugins.py
index ace5170e3..4a2475f50 100644
--- a/beets/plugins.py
+++ b/beets/plugins.py
@@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ class BeetsPlugin(object):
         """
         return ()
 
+    def _set_stage_log_level(self, stages):
+        """Adjust all the stages in `stages` to WARNING logging level.
+        """
+        return [self._set_log_level_and_params(logging.WARNING, stage)
+                for stage in stages]
+
     def get_early_import_stages(self):
         """Return a list of functions that should be called as importer
         pipelines stages early in the pipeline.
@@ -103,8 +109,7 @@ class BeetsPlugin(object):
         `self.early_import_stages`. Wrapping provides some bookkeeping for the
         plugin: specifically, the logging level is adjusted to WARNING.
         """
-        return [self._set_log_level_and_params(logging.WARNING, import_stage)
-                for import_stage in self.early_import_stages]
+        return self._set_stage_log_level(self.early_import_stages)
 
     def get_import_stages(self):
         """Return a list of functions that should be called as importer
@@ -114,8 +119,7 @@ class BeetsPlugin(object):
         `self.import_stages`. Wrapping provides some bookkeeping for the
         plugin: specifically, the logging level is adjusted to WARNING.
         """
-        return [self._set_log_level_and_params(logging.WARNING, import_stage)
-                for import_stage in self.import_stages]
+        return self._set_stage_log_level(self.import_stages)
 
     def _set_log_level_and_params(self, base_log_level, func):
         """Wrap `func` to temporarily set this plugin's logger level to