diff --git a/tests/test.c b/tests/test.c
index 8e37e936..a56cbcd6 100644
--- a/tests/test.c
+++ b/tests/test.c
@@ -32,15 +32,8 @@ static void test_loop_print_result(bool passed, unsigned int i,
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * lhs and rhs should be newly allocated strings so we can
- * free them at the end of this function.
- */
-void test_strings_equal(gchar *lhs, gchar *rhs, unsigned int line)
+static void test_equal_common(gchar *lhs, gchar *rhs, bool passed)
 {
-	bool passed = strcmp(lhs, rhs) == 0;
-
-	test_print_result(passed, line);
 	if (!passed) {
 		printf("\t\t  Actual: %s\n", lhs);
 		printf("\t\tExpected: %s\n", rhs);
@@ -49,15 +42,32 @@ void test_strings_equal(gchar *lhs, gchar *rhs, unsigned int line)
 	g_free(rhs);
 }
 
+static void test_not_equal_common(gchar *lhs, gchar *rhs, bool passed)
+{
+	if (!passed)
+		printf("\t\tUnexpected: %s\n", lhs);
+	g_free(lhs);
+	g_free(rhs);
+}
+
+/*
+ * lhs and rhs should be newly allocated strings so we can
+ * free them in test{_not}_equal_common().
+ */
+void test_strings_equal(gchar *lhs, gchar *rhs, unsigned int line)
+{
+	bool passed = strcmp(lhs, rhs) == 0;
+
+	test_print_result(passed, line);
+	test_equal_common(lhs, rhs, passed);
+}
+
 void test_strings_not_equal(gchar *lhs, gchar *rhs, unsigned int line)
 {
 	bool passed = strcmp(lhs, rhs) != 0;
 
 	test_print_result(passed, line);
-	if (!passed)
-		printf("\t\tUnexpected: %s\n", lhs);
-	g_free(lhs);
-	g_free(rhs);
+	test_not_equal_common(lhs, rhs, passed);
 }
 
 void loop_strings_equal(gchar *lhs, gchar *rhs, unsigned int i,
@@ -66,13 +76,7 @@ void loop_strings_equal(gchar *lhs, gchar *rhs, unsigned int i,
 	bool passed = strcmp(lhs, rhs) == 0;
 
 	test_loop_print_result(passed, i, line);
-	if (!passed) {
-		printf("\t\t  Actual: %s\n", lhs);
-		printf("\t\tExpected: %s\n", rhs);
-	}
-
-	g_free(lhs);
-	g_free(rhs);
+	test_equal_common(lhs, rhs, passed);
 }
 
 void loop_strings_not_equal(gchar *lhs, gchar *rhs, unsigned int i,
@@ -81,11 +85,7 @@ void loop_strings_not_equal(gchar *lhs, gchar *rhs, unsigned int i,
 	bool passed = strcmp(lhs, rhs) != 0;
 
 	test_loop_print_result(passed, i, line);
-	if (!passed)
-		printf("\t\tUnexpected: %s\n", lhs);
-
-	g_free(lhs);
-	g_free(rhs);
+	test_not_equal_common(lhs, rhs, passed);
 }
 
 static void run_test(struct UnitTest *test)