diff --git a/tests/ci/commit_status_helper.py b/tests/ci/commit_status_helper.py
index cbd0fd4b3ce..185dc64daa9 100644
--- a/tests/ci/commit_status_helper.py
+++ b/tests/ci/commit_status_helper.py
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ from ci_config import CI_CONFIG, REQUIRED_CHECKS
 from env_helper import GITHUB_REPOSITORY, GITHUB_RUN_URL
 from github import Github
 from github.Commit import Commit
+from github.CommitStatus import CommitStatus
 from pr_info import PRInfo, SKIP_MERGEABLE_CHECK_LABEL
 
 RETRY = 5
+CommitStatuses = List[CommitStatus]
 
 
 def override_status(status: str, check_name: str, invert=False) -> str:
@@ -70,6 +72,22 @@ def post_commit_status_to_file(
         out.writerow([state, report_url, description])
 
 
+def get_commit_filtered_statuses(commit: Commit) -> CommitStatuses:
+    """
+    Squash statuses to latest state
+    1. context="first", state="success", update_time=1
+    2. context="second", state="success", update_time=2
+    3. context="first", stat="failure", update_time=3
+    =========>
+    1. context="second", state="success"
+    2. context="first", stat="failure"
+    """
+    filtered = {}
+    for status in sorted(commit.get_statuses(), key=lambda x: x.updated_at):
+        filtered[status.context] = status
+    return list(filtered.values())
+
+
 def remove_labels(gh: Github, pr_info: PRInfo, labels_names: List[str]):
     repo = gh.get_repo(GITHUB_REPOSITORY)
     pull_request = repo.get_pull(pr_info.number)
diff --git a/tests/ci/rerun_helper.py b/tests/ci/rerun_helper.py
index c4ae70eadb9..fa73256d759 100644
--- a/tests/ci/rerun_helper.py
+++ b/tests/ci/rerun_helper.py
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-from typing import List, Optional
+from typing import Optional
 
-from commit_status_helper import get_commit
+from commit_status_helper import get_commit, get_commit_filtered_statuses
 from github import Github
 from github.CommitStatus import CommitStatus
 from pr_info import PRInfo
 
-CommitStatuses = List[CommitStatus]
-
 
+# TODO: move it to commit_status_helper
 class RerunHelper:
     def __init__(self, gh: Github, pr_info: PRInfo, check_name: str):
         self.gh = gh
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ class RerunHelper:
         if commit is None:
             raise ValueError(f"unable to receive commit for {pr_info.sha}")
         self.pygh_commit = commit
-        self.statuses = self.ger_filtered_statuses()
+        self.statuses = get_commit_filtered_statuses(commit)
 
     def is_already_finished_by_status(self) -> bool:
         # currently we agree even for failed statuses
@@ -35,20 +34,3 @@ class RerunHelper:
             if self.check_name in status.context:
                 return status
         return None
-
-    def ger_filtered_statuses(self) -> CommitStatuses:
-        """
-        Squash statuses to latest state
-        1. context="first", state="success", update_time=1
-        2. context="second", state="success", update_time=2
-        3. context="first", stat="failure", update_time=3
-        =========>
-        1. context="second", state="success"
-        2. context="first", stat="failure"
-        """
-        filt = {}
-        for status in sorted(
-            self.pygh_commit.get_statuses(), key=lambda x: x.updated_at
-        ):
-            filt[status.context] = status
-        return list(filt.values())