diff --git a/actionpack/test/abstract_unit.rb b/actionpack/test/abstract_unit.rb
index de4ca439f47576354e9f75b1013eb6e65b5b9ebe..bc7c80f1ceb69abab8f3ddb9b361d0c14567da80 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/abstract_unit.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/abstract_unit.rb
@@ -14,3 +14,13 @@
 ActionController::Base.logger = nil
 ActionController::Base.ignore_missing_templates = false
 ActionController::Routing::Routes.reload rescue nil
+
+
+# Wrap tests that use Mocha and skip if unavailable.
+def uses_mocha(test_name)
+  require 'mocha'
+  require 'stubba'
+  yield
+rescue LoadError
+  $stderr.puts "Skipping #{test_name} tests. `gem install mocha` and try again."
+end
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/integration_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/integration_test.rb
index 665c5901e544be41a62a92bf1251e1c76837576b..a26b6eb2598cf42994d8043ff8327eaccb72ba0d 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/integration_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/integration_test.rb
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
 $:.unshift File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../../railties/lib'
 require 'action_controller/integration'
 
-begin # rescue LoadError
-require 'mocha'
-require 'stubba'
+uses_mocha 'integration' do
 
 # Stub process for testing.
 module ActionController
@@ -149,6 +147,4 @@ def test_xml_http_request
 # class MockCGITest < Test::Unit::TestCase
 # end
 
-rescue LoadError
-  $stderr.puts "Skipping integration tests. `gem install mocha` and try again."
-end
+end # uses_mocha
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/rescue_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/rescue_test.rb
index c7e055a8596c0a2e86464e10fd6eab8e1875ffa6..aa4d851e8e52c1fee5015db9926763c6c14f83b9 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/rescue_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/rescue_test.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../abstract_unit'
 
-# gem install mocha
-require 'mocha'
+uses_mocha 'rescue' do
 
 class RescueController < ActionController::Base
   def raises
@@ -210,3 +209,5 @@ def with_rails_root(path = nil)
       end
     end
 end
+
+end # uses_mocha