diff --git a/entry.go b/entry.go
index 9e86687..d3b1aa9 100644
--- a/entry.go
+++ b/entry.go
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ func getCaller() (method string) {
 	return ""
 }
 
+func (entry Entry) HasCaller() (has bool) {
+	return entry.Logger != nil &&
+		entry.Logger.ReportCaller &&
+		entry.Caller != ""
+}
+
 // This function is not declared with a pointer value because otherwise
 // race conditions will occur when using multiple goroutines
 func (entry Entry) log(level Level, msg string) {
diff --git a/json_formatter.go b/json_formatter.go
index 46498da..efb9a9a 100644
--- a/json_formatter.go
+++ b/json_formatter.go
@@ -53,12 +53,7 @@ func (f *JSONFormatter) Format(entry *Entry) ([]byte, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	reportCaller := false
-	if entry.Logger != nil {
-		reportCaller = entry.Logger.ReportCaller
-	}
-
-	prefixFieldClashes(data, reportCaller)
+	prefixFieldClashes(data, entry.HasCaller())
 
 	timestampFormat := f.TimestampFormat
 	if timestampFormat == "" {
@@ -68,7 +63,7 @@ func (f *JSONFormatter) Format(entry *Entry) ([]byte, error) {
 	data[f.FieldMap.resolve(FieldKeyTime)] = entry.Time.Format(timestampFormat)
 	data[f.FieldMap.resolve(FieldKeyMsg)] = entry.Message
 	data[f.FieldMap.resolve(FieldKeyLevel)] = entry.Level.String()
-	if reportCaller {
+	if entry.HasCaller() {
 		data[f.FieldMap.resolve(FieldKeyCaller)] = entry.Caller
 	}
 	serialized, err := json.Marshal(data)
diff --git a/json_formatter_test.go b/json_formatter_test.go
index 8235224..05cd51e 100644
--- a/json_formatter_test.go
+++ b/json_formatter_test.go
@@ -193,9 +193,9 @@ func TestFieldDoesNotClashWithCaller(t *testing.T) {
 func TestFieldClashWithCaller(t *testing.T) {
 	SetReportCaller(true)
 	formatter := &JSONFormatter{}
-	std.ReportCaller = true
-
-	b, err := formatter.Format(WithField("method", "howdy pardner"))
+	e := WithField("method", "howdy pardner")
+	e.Caller = "somefunc"
+	b, err := formatter.Format(e)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal("Unable to format entry: ", err)
 	}
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func TestFieldClashWithCaller(t *testing.T) {
 			entry["fields.method"])
 	}
 
-	if entry["method"] != "" { // since we didn't actually log, it's set to the empty string
+	if entry["method"] != "somefunc" {
 		t.Fatalf("method not set as expected when ReportCaller=true (got '%s')",
 			entry["method"])
 	}
diff --git a/text_formatter.go b/text_formatter.go
index 91715f8..b0fa789 100644
--- a/text_formatter.go
+++ b/text_formatter.go
@@ -72,12 +72,7 @@ func (f *TextFormatter) Format(entry *Entry) ([]byte, error) {
 		b = &bytes.Buffer{}
 	}
 
-	reportCaller := false
-	if entry.Logger != nil {
-		reportCaller = entry.Logger.ReportCaller
-	}
-
-	prefixFieldClashes(entry.Data, reportCaller)
+	prefixFieldClashes(entry.Data, entry.HasCaller())
 
 	isColorTerminal := isTerminal && (runtime.GOOS != "windows")
 	isColored := (f.ForceColors || isColorTerminal) && !f.DisableColors
@@ -93,7 +88,7 @@ func (f *TextFormatter) Format(entry *Entry) ([]byte, error) {
 			f.appendKeyValue(b, "time", entry.Time.Format(timestampFormat))
 		}
 		f.appendKeyValue(b, "level", entry.Level.String())
-		if reportCaller {
+		if entry.HasCaller() {
 			f.appendKeyValue(b, "method", entry.Caller)
 		}
 		if entry.Message != "" {
@@ -125,12 +120,7 @@ func (f *TextFormatter) printColored(b *bytes.Buffer, entry *Entry, keys []strin
 
 	caller := ""
 
-	reportCaller := false
-	if entry.Logger != nil {
-		reportCaller = entry.Logger.ReportCaller
-	}
-
-	if reportCaller {
+	if entry.HasCaller() {
 		caller = fmt.Sprintf(" %s()", entry.Caller)
 	}