diff --git a/t/lib-httpd.sh b/t/lib-httpd.sh
index 28aff887b5..da4b8d5a6f 100644
--- a/t/lib-httpd.sh
+++ b/t/lib-httpd.sh
@@ -131,3 +131,32 @@ stop_httpd() {
 	"$LIB_HTTPD_PATH" -d "$HTTPD_ROOT_PATH" \
 		-f "$TEST_PATH/apache.conf" $HTTPD_PARA -k stop
 }
+
+test_http_push_nonff() {
+	REMOTE_REPO=$1
+	LOCAL_REPO=$2
+	BRANCH=$3
+
+	test_expect_success 'non-fast-forward push fails' '
+		cd "$REMOTE_REPO" &&
+		HEAD=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) &&
+
+		cd "$LOCAL_REPO" &&
+		git checkout $BRANCH &&
+		echo "changed" > path2 &&
+		git commit -a -m path2 --amend &&
+
+		!(git push -v origin >output 2>&1) &&
+		(cd "$REMOTE_REPO" &&
+		 test $HEAD = $(git rev-parse --verify HEAD))
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success 'non-fast-forward push show ref status' '
+		grep "^ ! \[rejected\][ ]*$BRANCH -> $BRANCH (non-fast-forward)$" output
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success 'non-fast-forward push shows help message' '
+		grep "To prevent you from losing history, non-fast-forward updates were rejected" \
+			output
+	'
+}
diff --git a/t/t5540-http-push.sh b/t/t5540-http-push.sh
index bb18f8bfc4..37fe875411 100755
--- a/t/t5540-http-push.sh
+++ b/t/t5540-http-push.sh
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ test_expect_success 'PUT and MOVE sends object to URLs with SHA-1 hash suffix' '
 
 '
 
+test_http_push_nonff "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"/test_repo.git \
+	"$ROOT_PATH"/test_repo_clone master
+
 stop_httpd
 
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t5541-http-push.sh b/t/t5541-http-push.sh
index ff947f3e4b..795dc2bcdf 100755
--- a/t/t5541-http-push.sh
+++ b/t/t5541-http-push.sh
@@ -88,28 +88,8 @@ test_expect_success 'used receive-pack service' '
 	test_cmp exp act
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'non-fast-forward push fails' '
-	cd "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"/test_repo.git &&
-	HEAD=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) &&
-
-	cd "$ROOT_PATH"/test_repo_clone &&
-	git checkout master &&
-	echo "changed" > path2 &&
-	git commit -a -m path2 --amend &&
-
-	!(git push -v origin >output 2>&1) &&
-	(cd "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"/test_repo.git &&
-	 test $HEAD = $(git rev-parse --verify HEAD))
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'non-fast-forward push show ref status' '
-	grep "^ ! \[rejected\][ ]*master -> master (non-fast-forward)$" output
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'non-fast-forward push shows help message' '
-	grep "To prevent you from losing history, non-fast-forward updates were rejected" \
-		output
-'
+test_http_push_nonff "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH"/test_repo.git \
+	"$ROOT_PATH"/test_repo_clone master
 
 test_expect_success 'push fails for non-fast-forward refs unmatched by remote helper' '
 	# create a dissimilarly-named remote ref so that git is unable to match the