diff --git a/model.go b/model.go
index ada1d447..9f8b13c3 100644
--- a/model.go
+++ b/model.go
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package gorm
 
-import "reflect"
+import (
+	"regexp"
+
+	"reflect"
+)
 
 type Model struct {
 	Data interface{}
@@ -26,6 +30,23 @@ func (m *Model) ColumnsAndValues() (columns []string, values []interface{}) {
 	return
 }
 
+func (m *Model) TableName() string {
+	t := reflect.TypeOf(m.Data)
+	for {
+		c := false
+		switch t.Kind() {
+		case reflect.Array, reflect.Chan, reflect.Map, reflect.Ptr, reflect.Slice:
+			t = t.Elem()
+			c = true
+		}
+		if !c {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	reg, _ := regexp.Compile("s*$")
+	return reg.ReplaceAllString(toSnake(t.Name()), "s")
+}
+
 func (m *Model) Columns() (columns []string) {
 	typ := reflect.TypeOf(m.Data).Elem()
 
diff --git a/orm.go b/orm.go
index 8d2ad438..f19511a3 100644
--- a/orm.go
+++ b/orm.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ type Orm struct {
 
 func (s *Orm) setModel(model interface{}) (err error) {
 	s.Model = toModel(model)
-	s.TableName = interfaceToTableName(model)
+	s.TableName = s.Model.TableName()
 	s.PrimaryKey = "id"
 	return
 }
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index 138b8e44..a081554f 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ package gorm
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
-	"regexp"
+
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -45,23 +44,6 @@ func snakeToUpperCamel(s string) string {
 	return buf.String()
 }
 
-func interfaceToTableName(f interface{}) string {
-	t := reflect.TypeOf(f)
-	for {
-		c := false
-		switch t.Kind() {
-		case reflect.Array, reflect.Chan, reflect.Map, reflect.Ptr, reflect.Slice:
-			t = t.Elem()
-			c = true
-		}
-		if !c {
-			break
-		}
-	}
-	reg, _ := regexp.Compile("s*$")
-	return reg.ReplaceAllString(toSnake(t.Name()), "s")
-}
-
 func debug(value interface{}) {
 	fmt.Printf("***************\n")
 	fmt.Printf("%+v\n\n", value)