diff --git a/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/ConnectionPool/State Machine/HTTPConnectionPool+Backoff.swift b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/ConnectionPool/State Machine/HTTPConnectionPool+Backoff.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a356ce2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/ConnectionPool/State Machine/HTTPConnectionPool+Backoff.swift	
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// This source file is part of the AsyncHTTPClient open source project
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2021 Apple Inc. and the AsyncHTTPClient project authors
+// Licensed under Apache License v2.0
+//
+// See LICENSE.txt for license information
+// See CONTRIBUTORS.txt for the list of AsyncHTTPClient project authors
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+import NIOCore
+#if canImport(Darwin)
+    import func Darwin.pow
+#else
+    import func Glibc.pow
+#endif
+
+extension HTTPConnectionPool {
+    /// Calculates the delay for the next connection attempt after the given number of failed `attempts`.
+    ///
+    /// Our backoff formula is: 100ms * 1.25^(attempts - 1) that is capped of at 1 minute.
+    /// This means for:
+    ///   -  1 failed attempt :  100ms
+    ///   -  5 failed attempts: ~300ms
+    ///   - 10 failed attempts: ~930ms
+    ///   - 15 failed attempts: ~2.84s
+    ///   - 20 failed attempts: ~8.67s
+    ///   - 25 failed attempts: ~26s
+    ///   - 29 failed attempts: ~60s (max out)
+    ///
+    /// - Parameter attempts: number of failed attempts in a row
+    /// - Returns: time to wait until trying to establishing a new connection
+    static func calculateBackoff(failedAttempt attempts: Int) -> TimeAmount {
+        // Our backoff formula is: 100ms * 1.25^(attempts - 1) that is capped of at 1minute
+        // This means for:
+        //   -  1 failed attempt :  100ms
+        //   -  5 failed attempts: ~300ms
+        //   - 10 failed attempts: ~930ms
+        //   - 15 failed attempts: ~2.84s
+        //   - 20 failed attempts: ~8.67s
+        //   - 25 failed attempts: ~26s
+        //   - 29 failed attempts: ~60s (max out)
+
+        let start = Double(TimeAmount.milliseconds(100).nanoseconds)
+        let backoffNanoseconds = Int64(start * pow(1.25, Double(attempts - 1)))
+
+        let backoff: TimeAmount = min(.nanoseconds(backoffNanoseconds), .seconds(60))
+
+        // Calculate a 3% jitter range
+        let jitterRange = (backoff.nanoseconds / 100) * 3
+        // Pick a random element from the range +/- jitter range.
+        let jitter: TimeAmount = .nanoseconds((-jitterRange...jitterRange).randomElement()!)
+        let jitteredBackoff = backoff + jitter
+        return jitteredBackoff
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/ConnectionPool/State Machine/HTTPConnectionPool+HTTP1StateMachine.swift b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/ConnectionPool/State Machine/HTTPConnectionPool+HTTP1StateMachine.swift
index 3695b3c90..f73521bfb 100644
--- a/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/ConnectionPool/State Machine/HTTPConnectionPool+HTTP1StateMachine.swift	
+++ b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/ConnectionPool/State Machine/HTTPConnectionPool+HTTP1StateMachine.swift	
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ extension HTTPConnectionPool {
                 // decision about the retry will be made in `connectionCreationBackoffDone(_:)`
                 let eventLoop = self.connections.backoffNextConnectionAttempt(connectionID)
 
-                let backoff = self.calculateBackoff(failedAttempt: self.failedConsecutiveConnectionAttempts)
+                let backoff = calculateBackoff(failedAttempt: self.failedConsecutiveConnectionAttempts)
                 return .init(
                     request: .none,
                     connection: .scheduleBackoffTimer(connectionID, backoff: backoff, on: eventLoop)
@@ -444,30 +444,6 @@ extension HTTPConnectionPool {
             self.connections.removeConnection(at: index)
             return .none
         }
-
-        private func calculateBackoff(failedAttempt attempts: Int) -> TimeAmount {
-            // Our backoff formula is: 100ms * 1.25^(attempts - 1) that is capped of at 1minute
-            // This means for:
-            //   -  1 failed attempt :  100ms
-            //   -  5 failed attempts: ~300ms
-            //   - 10 failed attempts: ~930ms
-            //   - 15 failed attempts: ~2.84s
-            //   - 20 failed attempts: ~8.67s
-            //   - 25 failed attempts: ~26s
-            //   - 29 failed attempts: ~60s (max out)
-
-            let start = Double(TimeAmount.milliseconds(100).nanoseconds)
-            let backoffNanoseconds = Int64(start * pow(1.25, Double(attempts - 1)))
-
-            let backoff: TimeAmount = min(.nanoseconds(backoffNanoseconds), .seconds(60))
-
-            // Calculate a 3% jitter range
-            let jitterRange = (backoff.nanoseconds / 100) * 3
-            // Pick a random element from the range +/- jitter range.
-            let jitter: TimeAmount = .nanoseconds((-jitterRange...jitterRange).randomElement()!)
-            let jitteredBackoff = backoff + jitter
-            return jitteredBackoff
-        }
     }
 }