diff --git a/django/core/management/commands/sqlmigrate.py b/django/core/management/commands/sqlmigrate.py
index b75e0a7438..d05e615c89 100644
--- a/django/core/management/commands/sqlmigrate.py
+++ b/django/core/management/commands/sqlmigrate.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         # Make a plan that represents just the requested migrations and show SQL
         # for it
         plan = [(executor.loader.graph.nodes[target], options['backwards'])]
-        sql_statements = executor.collect_sql(plan)
+        sql_statements = executor.loader.collect_sql(plan)
         if not sql_statements and options['verbosity'] >= 1:
             self.stderr.write('No operations found.')
         return '\n'.join(sql_statements)
diff --git a/django/db/migrations/executor.py b/django/db/migrations/executor.py
index 2765ac28bd..83d624e08a 100644
--- a/django/db/migrations/executor.py
+++ b/django/db/migrations/executor.py
@@ -210,24 +210,6 @@ class MigrationExecutor:
 
         return state
 
-    def collect_sql(self, plan):
-        """
-        Take a migration plan and return a list of collected SQL statements
-        that represent the best-efforts version of that plan.
-        """
-        statements = []
-        state = None
-        for migration, backwards in plan:
-            with self.connection.schema_editor(collect_sql=True, atomic=migration.atomic) as schema_editor:
-                if state is None:
-                    state = self.loader.project_state((migration.app_label, migration.name), at_end=False)
-                if not backwards:
-                    state = migration.apply(state, schema_editor, collect_sql=True)
-                else:
-                    state = migration.unapply(state, schema_editor, collect_sql=True)
-            statements.extend(schema_editor.collected_sql)
-        return statements
-
     def apply_migration(self, state, migration, fake=False, fake_initial=False):
         """Run a migration forwards."""
         migration_recorded = False
diff --git a/django/db/migrations/loader.py b/django/db/migrations/loader.py
index 09a58d1e24..d41f6d3606 100644
--- a/django/db/migrations/loader.py
+++ b/django/db/migrations/loader.py
@@ -320,3 +320,21 @@ class MigrationLoader:
         See graph.make_state() for the meaning of "nodes" and "at_end".
         """
         return self.graph.make_state(nodes=nodes, at_end=at_end, real_apps=list(self.unmigrated_apps))
+
+    def collect_sql(self, plan):
+        """
+        Take a migration plan and return a list of collected SQL statements
+        that represent the best-efforts version of that plan.
+        """
+        statements = []
+        state = None
+        for migration, backwards in plan:
+            with self.connection.schema_editor(collect_sql=True, atomic=migration.atomic) as schema_editor:
+                if state is None:
+                    state = self.project_state((migration.app_label, migration.name), at_end=False)
+                if not backwards:
+                    state = migration.apply(state, schema_editor, collect_sql=True)
+                else:
+                    state = migration.unapply(state, schema_editor, collect_sql=True)
+            statements.extend(schema_editor.collected_sql)
+        return statements