diff --git a/pkg/providers/fallback_test.go b/pkg/providers/fallback_test.go
index 7b0652683..07cc01baa 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/fallback_test.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/fallback_test.go
@@ -268,12 +268,21 @@ func TestFallback_UnclassifiedError(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestFallback_NetworkErrorFallsBack(t *testing.T) {
+func assertFallbackErrorFallsBack(
+	t *testing.T,
+	primaryProvider string,
+	primaryModel string,
+	initialErr error,
+	successContent string,
+	expectedReason FailoverReason,
+) {
+	t.Helper()
+
 	ct := NewCooldownTracker()
 	fc := NewFallbackChain(ct, nil)
 
 	candidates := []FallbackCandidate{
-		makeCandidate("minimax", "minimax-m2.7"),
+		makeCandidate(primaryProvider, primaryModel),
 		makeCandidate("anthropic", "claude"),
 	}
 
@@ -281,11 +290,9 @@ func TestFallback_NetworkErrorFallsBack(t *testing.T) {
 	run := func(ctx context.Context, provider, model string) (*LLMResponse, error) {
 		attempt++
 		if attempt == 1 {
-			return nil, errors.New(
-				`failed to send request: Post "https://opencode.ai/zen/go/v1/chat/completions": tls: bad record MAC`,
-			)
+			return nil, initialErr
 		}
-		return &LLMResponse{Content: "fallback ok", FinishReason: "stop"}, nil
+		return &LLMResponse{Content: successContent, FinishReason: "stop"}, nil
 	}
 
 	result, err := fc.Execute(context.Background(), candidates, run)
@@ -301,45 +308,33 @@ func TestFallback_NetworkErrorFallsBack(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(result.Attempts) != 1 {
 		t.Fatalf("attempts = %d, want 1 failed attempt recorded", len(result.Attempts))
 	}
-	if result.Attempts[0].Reason != FailoverNetwork {
-		t.Fatalf("attempt reason = %q, want network", result.Attempts[0].Reason)
+	if result.Attempts[0].Reason != expectedReason {
+		t.Fatalf("attempt reason = %q, want %s", result.Attempts[0].Reason, expectedReason)
 	}
 }
 
+func TestFallback_NetworkErrorFallsBack(t *testing.T) {
+	assertFallbackErrorFallsBack(
+		t,
+		"minimax",
+		"minimax-m2.7",
+		errors.New(
+			`failed to send request: Post "https://opencode.ai/zen/go/v1/chat/completions": tls: bad record MAC`,
+		),
+		"fallback ok",
+		FailoverNetwork,
+	)
+}
+
 func TestFallback_TimeoutErrorFallsBack(t *testing.T) {
-	ct := NewCooldownTracker()
-	fc := NewFallbackChain(ct, nil)
-
-	candidates := []FallbackCandidate{
-		makeCandidate("openai", "gpt-4"),
-		makeCandidate("anthropic", "claude"),
-	}
-
-	attempt := 0
-	run := func(ctx context.Context, provider, model string) (*LLMResponse, error) {
-		attempt++
-		if attempt == 1 {
-			return nil, errors.New("failed to send request: Post \"https://example.com\": i/o timeout")
-		}
-		return &LLMResponse{Content: "timeout fallback ok", FinishReason: "stop"}, nil
-	}
-
-	result, err := fc.Execute(context.Background(), candidates, run)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("expected fallback success, got error: %v", err)
-	}
-	if attempt != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("attempt = %d, want 2", attempt)
-	}
-	if result.Provider != "anthropic" || result.Model != "claude" {
-		t.Fatalf("result = %s/%s, want anthropic/claude", result.Provider, result.Model)
-	}
-	if len(result.Attempts) != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("attempts = %d, want 1 failed attempt recorded", len(result.Attempts))
-	}
-	if result.Attempts[0].Reason != FailoverTimeout {
-		t.Fatalf("attempt reason = %q, want timeout", result.Attempts[0].Reason)
-	}
+	assertFallbackErrorFallsBack(
+		t,
+		"openai",
+		"gpt-4",
+		errors.New("failed to send request: Post \"https://example.com\": i/o timeout"),
+		"timeout fallback ok",
+		FailoverTimeout,
+	)
 }
 
 func TestFallback_SuccessResetsCooldown(t *testing.T) {