diff --git a/t/t5545-push-options.sh b/t/t5545-push-options.sh
index 463783789c8ccda6a483197f6626afbfca7d8ccf..c64dee2127a1fa90b56a212721a71e74b3b71c27 100755
--- a/t/t5545-push-options.sh
+++ b/t/t5545-push-options.sh
@@ -220,14 +220,20 @@ test_expect_success 'invalid push option in config' '
 . "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-httpd.sh
 start_httpd
 
-test_expect_success 'push option denied properly by http server' '
+# set up http repository for fetching/pushing, with push options config
+# bool set to $1
+mk_http_pair () {
 	test_when_finished "rm -rf test_http_clone" &&
-	test_when_finished "rm -rf \"$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH\"/upstream.git" &&
+	test_when_finished 'rm -rf "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"/upstream.git' &&
 	mk_repo_pair &&
-	git -C upstream config receive.advertisePushOptions false &&
+	git -C upstream config receive.advertisePushOptions "$1" &&
 	git -C upstream config http.receivepack true &&
 	cp -R upstream/.git "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"/upstream.git &&
-	git clone "$HTTPD_URL"/smart/upstream test_http_clone &&
+	git clone "$HTTPD_URL"/smart/upstream test_http_clone
+}
+
+test_expect_success 'push option denied properly by http server' '
+	mk_http_pair false &&
 	test_commit -C test_http_clone one &&
 	test_must_fail git -C test_http_clone push --push-option=asdf origin master 2>actual &&
 	test_i18ngrep "the receiving end does not support push options" actual &&
@@ -235,13 +241,7 @@ test_expect_success 'push option denied properly by http server' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'push options work properly across http' '
-	test_when_finished "rm -rf test_http_clone" &&
-	test_when_finished "rm -rf \"$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH\"/upstream.git" &&
-	mk_repo_pair &&
-	git -C upstream config receive.advertisePushOptions true &&
-	git -C upstream config http.receivepack true &&
-	cp -R upstream/.git "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"/upstream.git &&
-	git clone "$HTTPD_URL"/smart/upstream test_http_clone &&
+	mk_http_pair true &&
 
 	test_commit -C test_http_clone one &&
 	git -C test_http_clone push origin master &&