diff --git a/test/common/index.js b/test/common/index.js
index e77e7b95059947..9f770005db7a53 100644
--- a/test/common/index.js
+++ b/test/common/index.js
@@ -223,6 +223,15 @@ function createZeroFilledFile(filename) {
   fs.closeSync(fd);
 }
 
+function receive(req, cb) {
+  let buf = '';
+  req.on('data', (data) => {
+    buf += data;
+  });
+  req.on('end', () => {
+    cb(buf);
+  });
+}
 
 const pwdCommand = isWindows ?
   ['cmd.exe', ['/d', '/c', 'cd']] :
@@ -688,6 +697,7 @@ const common = {
   platformTimeout,
   printSkipMessage,
   pwdCommand,
+  receive,
   rootDir,
   runWithInvalidFD,
   skip,
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-response-no-headers.js b/test/parallel/test-http-response-no-headers.js
index 22705936e08254..f69b2f63e5de81 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-response-no-headers.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-response-no-headers.js
@@ -45,18 +45,13 @@ function test(httpVersion, callback) {
     };
 
     const req = http.get(options, common.mustCall(function(res) {
-      let body = '';
-
-      res.on('data', function(data) {
-        body += data;
-      });
-
       res.on('aborted', common.mustNotCall());
-      res.on('end', common.mustCall(function() {
-        assert.strictEqual(body, expected[httpVersion]);
+
+      common.receive(res, function(data) {
+        assert.strictEqual(data, expected[httpVersion]);
         server.close();
         if (callback) process.nextTick(callback);
-      }));
+      });
     }));
 
     req.on('error', function(err) {