diff --git a/zerver/lib/error_notify.py b/zerver/lib/error_notify.py
index cf9b2285bf..07ec66a080 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/error_notify.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/error_notify.py
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ import six
 from collections import defaultdict
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.mail import mail_admins
-from typing import Any, Dict
+from django.http import HttpResponse
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from typing import Any, Dict, Text
 
 from zerver.models import get_user_profile_by_email
 from zerver.lib.actions import internal_send_message
+from zerver.lib.response import json_success, json_error
 
 def format_subject(subject):
     # type: (str) -> str
@@ -118,3 +121,14 @@ def email_server_error(report):
                                                      request_repr)
 
     mail_admins(format_subject(subject), message, fail_silently=True)
+
+def do_report_error(deployment_name, type, report):
+    # type: (Text, Text, Dict[str, Any]) -> HttpResponse
+    report['deployment'] = deployment_name
+    if type == 'browser':
+        notify_browser_error(report)
+    elif type == 'server':
+        notify_server_error(report)
+    else:
+        return json_error(_("Invalid type parameter"))
+    return json_success()
diff --git a/zerver/views/report.py b/zerver/views/report.py
index 962f8dd22c..78af5ea635 100644
--- a/zerver/views/report.py
+++ b/zerver/views/report.py
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ def json_report_error(request, user_profile, message=REQ(), stacktrace=REQ(),
                       href=REQ(), log=REQ(),
                       more_info=REQ(validator=check_dict([]), default=None)):
     # type: (HttpRequest, UserProfile, Text, Text, bool, Text, Text, Text, Dict[str, Any]) -> HttpResponse
+    """Accepts an error report and stores in a queue for processing.  The
+    actual error reports are later handled by do_report_error (below)"""
     if not settings.ERROR_REPORTING:
         return json_success()
 
diff --git a/zerver/worker/queue_processors.py b/zerver/worker/queue_processors.py
index 1c308ac598..0a1c61fcdd 100644
--- a/zerver/worker/queue_processors.py
+++ b/zerver/worker/queue_processors.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from zerver.models import get_user_profile_by_email, \
     get_user_profile_by_id, get_prereg_user_by_email, get_client, \
     UserMessage, Message, Realm
 from zerver.lib.context_managers import lockfile
+from zerver.lib.error_notify import do_report_error
 from zerver.lib.queue import SimpleQueueClient, queue_json_publish
 from zerver.lib.timestamp import timestamp_to_datetime
 from zerver.lib.notifications import handle_missedmessage_emails, enqueue_welcome_emails, \
@@ -275,7 +276,6 @@ class ErrorReporter(QueueProcessingWorker):
         if settings.DEPLOYMENT_ROLE_KEY:
             self.staging_client.forward_error(event['type'], event['report'])
         elif settings.ZILENCER_ENABLED:
-            from zilencer.views import do_report_error
             do_report_error(settings.DEPLOYMENT_ROLE_NAME, event['type'], event['report'])
 
 @assign_queue('slow_queries')
diff --git a/zilencer/urls.py b/zilencer/urls.py
index adc478c9eb..ac1d09f875 100644
--- a/zilencer/urls.py
+++ b/zilencer/urls.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from django.conf.urls import url, include
 from zerver.lib.rest import rest_dispatch
 import zilencer.views
+import zerver.views.report
 
 i18n_urlpatterns = [
     # SSO dispatch page for desktop app with SSO
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ v1_api_and_json_patterns = [
     url('^deployment/feedback$', rest_dispatch,
         {'POST': 'zilencer.views.submit_feedback'}),
     url('^deployment/report_error$', rest_dispatch,
-        {'POST': 'zilencer.views.report_error'}),
+        {'POST': 'zerver.views.report.report_error'}),
     url('^deployment/endpoints$', zilencer.views.lookup_endpoints_for_user,
         name='zilencer.views.lookup_endpoints_for_user'),
 ]
diff --git a/zilencer/views.py b/zilencer/views.py
index a0851f0d23..0fd537e108 100644
--- a/zilencer/views.py
+++ b/zilencer/views.py
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ from zilencer.models import Deployment
 
 from zerver.decorator import has_request_variables, REQ
 from zerver.lib.actions import internal_send_message
-from zerver.lib.error_notify import notify_browser_error, notify_server_error
+from zerver.lib.error_notify import do_report_error
 from zerver.lib.redis_utils import get_redis_client
-from zerver.lib.response import json_success, json_error, json_response
+from zerver.lib.response import json_error, json_response
 from zerver.lib.validator import check_dict
 from zerver.models import get_realm, get_user_profile_by_email, \
     get_realm_by_email_domain, UserProfile, Realm
@@ -87,17 +87,6 @@ def report_error(request, deployment, type=REQ(), report=REQ(validator=check_dic
     # type: (HttpRequest, Deployment, Text, Dict[str, Any]) -> HttpResponse
     return do_report_error(deployment.name, type, report)
 
-def do_report_error(deployment_name, type, report):
-    # type: (Text, Text, Dict[str, Any]) -> HttpResponse
-    report['deployment'] = deployment_name
-    if type == 'browser':
-        notify_browser_error(report)
-    elif type == 'server':
-        notify_server_error(report)
-    else:
-        return json_error(_("Invalid type parameter"))
-    return json_success()
-
 def realm_for_email(email):
     # type: (str) -> Optional[Realm]
     try: