diff --git a/django/utils/text.py b/django/utils/text.py
index e7c62131a0..c19708458b 100644
--- a/django/utils/text.py
+++ b/django/utils/text.py
@@ -7,16 +7,17 @@ from gzip import GzipFile
 from io import BytesIO
 
 from django.utils.encoding import force_text
-if not six.PY3:
-    # Import force_unicode even though this module doesn't use it, because some
-    # people rely on it being here.
-    from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode
 from django.utils.functional import allow_lazy, SimpleLazyObject
 from django.utils import six
 from django.utils.six.moves import html_entities
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy, ugettext as _, pgettext
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 
+if not six.PY3:
+    # Import force_unicode even though this module doesn't use it, because some
+    # people rely on it being here.
+    from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode
+
 # Capitalizes the first letter of a string.
 capfirst = lambda x: x and force_text(x)[0].upper() + force_text(x)[1:]
 capfirst = allow_lazy(capfirst, six.text_type)