diff --git a/src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test/Utils.pm b/src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test/Utils.pm
index 2c0c72f57a..46cd746796 100644
--- a/src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test/Utils.pm
+++ b/src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test/Utils.pm
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ our @EXPORT = qw(
   system_log
   run_log
   run_command
+  pump_until
 
   command_ok
   command_fails
@@ -408,6 +409,28 @@ sub run_command
 
 =pod
 
+=item pump_until(proc, timeout, stream, until)
+
+Pump until string is matched on the specified stream, or timeout occurs.
+
+=cut
+
+sub pump_until
+{
+	my ($proc, $timeout, $stream, $until) = @_;
+	$proc->pump_nb();
+	while (1)
+	{
+		last if $$stream =~ /$until/;
+		return 0 if ($timeout->is_expired);
+		return 0 if (not $proc->pumpable());
+		$proc->pump();
+	}
+	return 1;
+}
+
+=pod
+
 =item generate_ascii_string(from_char, to_char)
 
 Generate a string made of the given range of ASCII characters.
diff --git a/src/test/recovery/t/013_crash_restart.pl b/src/test/recovery/t/013_crash_restart.pl
index 3b740eb6f3..be31de37c5 100644
--- a/src/test/recovery/t/013_crash_restart.pl
+++ b/src/test/recovery/t/013_crash_restart.pl
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ CREATE TABLE alive(status text);
 INSERT INTO alive VALUES($$committed-before-sigquit$$);
 SELECT pg_backend_pid();
 ];
-ok(pump_until($killme, \$killme_stdout, qr/[[:digit:]]+[\r\n]$/m),
+ok(pump_until($killme, $psql_timeout, \$killme_stdout, qr/[[:digit:]]+[\r\n]$/m),
 	'acquired pid for SIGQUIT');
 my $pid = $killme_stdout;
 chomp($pid);
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ $killme_stdin .= q[
 BEGIN;
 INSERT INTO alive VALUES($$in-progress-before-sigquit$$) RETURNING status;
 ];
-ok(pump_until($killme, \$killme_stdout, qr/in-progress-before-sigquit/m),
+ok(pump_until($killme, $psql_timeout, \$killme_stdout, qr/in-progress-before-sigquit/m),
 	'inserted in-progress-before-sigquit');
 $killme_stdout = '';
 $killme_stderr = '';
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ $monitor_stdin .= q[
 SELECT $$psql-connected$$;
 SELECT pg_sleep(3600);
 ];
-ok(pump_until($monitor, \$monitor_stdout, qr/psql-connected/m),
+ok(pump_until($monitor, $psql_timeout, \$monitor_stdout, qr/psql-connected/m),
 	'monitor connected');
 $monitor_stdout = '';
 $monitor_stderr = '';
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ SELECT 1;
 ];
 ok( pump_until(
 		$killme,
+		$psql_timeout,
 		\$killme_stderr,
 		qr/WARNING:  terminating connection because of crash of another server process|server closed the connection unexpectedly|connection to server was lost/m
 	),
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ $killme->finish;
 # sending.
 ok( pump_until(
 		$monitor,
+		$psql_timeout,
 		\$monitor_stderr,
 		qr/WARNING:  terminating connection because of crash of another server process|server closed the connection unexpectedly|connection to server was lost/m
 	),
@@ -148,7 +150,7 @@ $monitor->run();
 $killme_stdin .= q[
 SELECT pg_backend_pid();
 ];
-ok(pump_until($killme, \$killme_stdout, qr/[[:digit:]]+[\r\n]$/m),
+ok(pump_until($killme, $psql_timeout, \$killme_stdout, qr/[[:digit:]]+[\r\n]$/m),
 	"acquired pid for SIGKILL");
 $pid = $killme_stdout;
 chomp($pid);
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ INSERT INTO alive VALUES($$committed-before-sigkill$$) RETURNING status;
 BEGIN;
 INSERT INTO alive VALUES($$in-progress-before-sigkill$$) RETURNING status;
 ];
-ok(pump_until($killme, \$killme_stdout, qr/in-progress-before-sigkill/m),
+ok(pump_until($killme, $psql_timeout, \$killme_stdout, qr/in-progress-before-sigkill/m),
 	'inserted in-progress-before-sigkill');
 $killme_stdout = '';
 $killme_stderr = '';
@@ -173,7 +175,7 @@ $monitor_stdin .= q[
 SELECT $$psql-connected$$;
 SELECT pg_sleep(3600);
 ];
-ok(pump_until($monitor, \$monitor_stdout, qr/psql-connected/m),
+ok(pump_until($monitor, $psql_timeout, \$monitor_stdout, qr/psql-connected/m),
 	'monitor connected');
 $monitor_stdout = '';
 $monitor_stderr = '';
@@ -191,6 +193,7 @@ SELECT 1;
 ];
 ok( pump_until(
 		$killme,
+		$psql_timeout,
 		\$killme_stderr,
 		qr/server closed the connection unexpectedly|connection to server was lost/m
 	),
@@ -202,6 +205,7 @@ $killme->finish;
 # sending.
 ok( pump_until(
 		$monitor,
+		$psql_timeout,
 		\$monitor_stderr,
 		qr/WARNING:  terminating connection because of crash of another server process|server closed the connection unexpectedly|connection to server was lost/m
 	),
@@ -240,34 +244,4 @@ is( $node->safe_psql(
 
 $node->stop();
 
-# Pump until string is matched, or timeout occurs
-sub pump_until
-{
-	my ($proc, $stream, $untl) = @_;
-	$proc->pump_nb();
-	while (1)
-	{
-		last if $$stream =~ /$untl/;
-		if ($psql_timeout->is_expired)
-		{
-			diag("aborting wait: program timed out");
-			diag("stream contents: >>", $$stream, "<<");
-			diag("pattern searched for: ", $untl);
-
-			return 0;
-		}
-		if (not $proc->pumpable())
-		{
-			diag("aborting wait: program died");
-			diag("stream contents: >>", $$stream, "<<");
-			diag("pattern searched for: ", $untl);
-
-			return 0;
-		}
-		$proc->pump();
-	}
-	return 1;
-
-}
-
 done_testing();
diff --git a/src/test/recovery/t/022_crash_temp_files.pl b/src/test/recovery/t/022_crash_temp_files.pl
index 6ab3092874..49dd86e848 100644
--- a/src/test/recovery/t/022_crash_temp_files.pl
+++ b/src/test/recovery/t/022_crash_temp_files.pl
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ my $killme = IPC::Run::start(
 $killme_stdin .= q[
 SELECT pg_backend_pid();
 ];
-ok(pump_until($killme, \$killme_stdout, qr/[[:digit:]]+[\r\n]$/m),
+ok(pump_until($killme, $psql_timeout, \$killme_stdout, qr/[[:digit:]]+[\r\n]$/m),
 	'acquired pid for SIGKILL');
 my $pid = $killme_stdout;
 chomp($pid);
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ BEGIN;
 INSERT INTO tab_crash (a) VALUES(1);
 SELECT $$insert-tuple-to-lock-next-insert$$;
 ];
-pump_until($killme2, \$killme_stdout2, qr/insert-tuple-to-lock-next-insert/m);
+pump_until($killme2, $psql_timeout, \$killme_stdout2, qr/insert-tuple-to-lock-next-insert/m);
 $killme_stdout2 = '';
 $killme_stderr2 = '';
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ BEGIN;
 SELECT $$in-progress-before-sigkill$$;
 INSERT INTO tab_crash (a) SELECT i FROM generate_series(1, 5000) s(i);
 ];
-ok(pump_until($killme, \$killme_stdout, qr/in-progress-before-sigkill/m),
+ok(pump_until($killme, $psql_timeout, \$killme_stdout, qr/in-progress-before-sigkill/m),
 	'insert in-progress-before-sigkill');
 $killme_stdout = '';
 $killme_stderr = '';
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ END; $c$;
 SELECT $$insert-tuple-lock-waiting$$;
 ];
 
-pump_until($killme2, \$killme_stdout2, qr/insert-tuple-lock-waiting/m);
+pump_until($killme2, $psql_timeout, \$killme_stdout2, qr/insert-tuple-lock-waiting/m);
 $killme_stdout2 = '';
 $killme_stderr2 = '';
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ $killme->run();
 $killme_stdin .= q[
 SELECT pg_backend_pid();
 ];
-ok(pump_until($killme, \$killme_stdout, qr/[[:digit:]]+[\r\n]$/m),
+ok(pump_until($killme, $psql_timeout, \$killme_stdout, qr/[[:digit:]]+[\r\n]$/m),
 	'acquired pid for SIGKILL');
 $pid = $killme_stdout;
 chomp($pid);
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ BEGIN;
 INSERT INTO tab_crash (a) VALUES(1);
 SELECT $$insert-tuple-to-lock-next-insert$$;
 ];
-pump_until($killme2, \$killme_stdout2, qr/insert-tuple-to-lock-next-insert/m);
+pump_until($killme2, $psql_timeout, \$killme_stdout2, qr/insert-tuple-to-lock-next-insert/m);
 $killme_stdout2 = '';
 $killme_stderr2 = '';
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ BEGIN;
 SELECT $$in-progress-before-sigkill$$;
 INSERT INTO tab_crash (a) SELECT i FROM generate_series(1, 5000) s(i);
 ];
-ok(pump_until($killme, \$killme_stdout, qr/in-progress-before-sigkill/m),
+ok(pump_until($killme, $psql_timeout, \$killme_stdout, qr/in-progress-before-sigkill/m),
 	'insert in-progress-before-sigkill');
 $killme_stdout = '';
 $killme_stderr = '';
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ END; $c$;
 SELECT $$insert-tuple-lock-waiting$$;
 ];
 
-pump_until($killme2, \$killme_stdout2, qr/insert-tuple-lock-waiting/m);
+pump_until($killme2, $psql_timeout, \$killme_stdout2, qr/insert-tuple-lock-waiting/m);
 $killme_stdout2 = '';
 $killme_stderr2 = '';
 
@@ -242,33 +242,4 @@ is( $node->safe_psql(
 
 $node->stop();
 
-# Pump until string is matched, or timeout occurs
-sub pump_until
-{
-	my ($proc, $stream, $untl) = @_;
-	$proc->pump_nb();
-	while (1)
-	{
-		last if $$stream =~ /$untl/;
-		if ($psql_timeout->is_expired)
-		{
-			diag("aborting wait: program timed out");
-			diag("stream contents: >>", $$stream, "<<");
-			diag("pattern searched for: ", $untl);
-
-			return 0;
-		}
-		if (not $proc->pumpable())
-		{
-			diag("aborting wait: program died");
-			diag("stream contents: >>", $$stream, "<<");
-			diag("pattern searched for: ", $untl);
-
-			return 0;
-		}
-		$proc->pump();
-	}
-	return 1;
-}
-
 done_testing();