diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.install b/core/modules/node/node.install
index 0cc7256..bed7e3e 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.install
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.install
@@ -1086,15 +1086,6 @@ function node_update_8016() {
   foreach (_node_update_8016_schema() as $table => $table_schema) {
     db_create_table($table, $table_schema);
   }
-  if (db_field_exists('node_type', 'module')) {
-    $spec = array(
-      'description' => 'The module defining this node type.',
-      'type' => 'varchar',
-      'length' => 50,
-      'not null' => TRUE,
-    );
-    db_change_field('node_type', 'module', 'module', $spec);
-  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1156,6 +1147,21 @@ function node_update_8018() {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Convert the 'module' column in {node_type} to the maximum shortname length.
+ */
+function node_update_8019() {
+  if (db_field_exists('node_type', 'module')) {
+    $spec = array(
+      'description' => 'The module defining this node type.',
+      'type' => 'varchar',
+      'length' => 50,
+      'not null' => TRUE,
+    );
+    db_change_field('node_type', 'module', 'module', $spec);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
  * @} End of "addtogroup updates-7.x-to-8.x"
  * The next series of updates should start at 9000.
  */