diff --git a/src/memory/manager.async-search.test.ts b/src/memory/manager.async-search.test.ts
index 2f25db4b23..fdf5a97809 100644
--- a/src/memory/manager.async-search.test.ts
+++ b/src/memory/manager.async-search.test.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/config.js";
-import { getMemorySearchManager, type MemoryIndexManager } from "./index.js";
+import type { MemoryIndexManager } from "./index.js";
 import { createOpenAIEmbeddingProviderMock } from "./test-embeddings-mock.js";
+import { createMemoryManagerOrThrow } from "./test-manager.js";
 
 const embedBatch = vi.fn(async () => []);
 const embedQuery = vi.fn(async () => [0.2, 0.2, 0.2]);
@@ -56,12 +57,7 @@ describe("memory search async sync", () => {
       },
     } as OpenClawConfig;
 
-    const result = await getMemorySearchManager({ cfg, agentId: "main" });
-    expect(result.manager).not.toBeNull();
-    if (!result.manager) {
-      throw new Error("manager missing");
-    }
-    manager = result.manager as unknown as MemoryIndexManager;
+    manager = await createMemoryManagerOrThrow(cfg);
 
     const pending = new Promise<void>(() => {});
     const syncMock = vi.fn(async () => pending);
diff --git a/src/memory/manager.vector-dedupe.test.ts b/src/memory/manager.vector-dedupe.test.ts
index dcaf1dffaf..14f2e2f8f3 100644
--- a/src/memory/manager.vector-dedupe.test.ts
+++ b/src/memory/manager.vector-dedupe.test.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/config.js";
-import { getMemorySearchManager, type MemoryIndexManager } from "./index.js";
+import type { MemoryIndexManager } from "./index.js";
 import { buildFileEntry } from "./internal.js";
+import { createMemoryManagerOrThrow } from "./test-manager.js";
 
 vi.mock("./embeddings.js", () => {
   return {
@@ -57,12 +58,7 @@ describe("memory vector dedupe", () => {
       },
     } as OpenClawConfig;
 
-    const result = await getMemorySearchManager({ cfg, agentId: "main" });
-    expect(result.manager).not.toBeNull();
-    if (!result.manager) {
-      throw new Error("manager missing");
-    }
-    manager = result.manager as unknown as MemoryIndexManager;
+    manager = await createMemoryManagerOrThrow(cfg);
 
     const db = (
       manager as unknown as {
diff --git a/src/memory/test-manager.ts b/src/memory/test-manager.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67d317bd0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/memory/test-manager.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/config.js";
+import { getMemorySearchManager, type MemoryIndexManager } from "./index.js";
+
+export async function createMemoryManagerOrThrow(
+  cfg: OpenClawConfig,
+  agentId = "main",
+): Promise<MemoryIndexManager> {
+  const result = await getMemorySearchManager({ cfg, agentId });
+  if (!result.manager) {
+    throw new Error("manager missing");
+  }
+  return result.manager as unknown as MemoryIndexManager;
+}