diff --git a/src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm b/src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm
index 6506308ff1..8fae4eb1bb 100644
--- a/src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm
+++ b/src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm
@@ -1972,6 +1972,21 @@ sub issues_sql_like
 
 =pod
 
+=item $node->log_contains(pattern, offset)
+
+Find pattern in logfile of node after offset byte.
+
+=cut
+
+sub log_contains
+{
+	my ($self, $pattern, $offset) = @_;
+
+	return TestLib::slurp_file($self->logfile, $offset) =~ m/$pattern/;
+}
+
+=pod
+
 =item $node->run_log(...)
 
 Runs a shell command like TestLib::run_log, but with connection parameters set
diff --git a/src/test/recovery/t/033_replay_tsp_drops.pl b/src/test/recovery/t/033_replay_tsp_drops.pl
index 140d94db31..4c8f4e7970 100644
--- a/src/test/recovery/t/033_replay_tsp_drops.pl
+++ b/src/test/recovery/t/033_replay_tsp_drops.pl
@@ -132,21 +132,11 @@ while ($max_attempts-- >= 0)
 {
 	last
 	  if (
-		find_in_log(
-			$node_standby, qr!WARNING: ( [A-Z0-9]+:)? creating missing directory: pg_tblspc/!,
+		$node_standby->log_contains(
+			qr!WARNING: ( [A-Z0-9]+:)? creating missing directory: pg_tblspc/!,
 			$logstart));
 	usleep(100_000);
 }
 ok($max_attempts > 0, "invalid directory creation is detected");
 
 done_testing();
-
-# find $pat in logfile of $node after $off-th byte
-sub find_in_log
-{
-	my ($node, $pat, $off) = @_;
-
-	my $log = PostgreSQL::Test::Utils::slurp_file($node->logfile, $off);
-
-	return $log =~ m/$pat/;
-}