diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test/src/test/testng/org/apache/archiva/web/test/RepositoryScanningTest.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test/src/test/testng/org/apache/archiva/web/test/RepositoryScanningTest.java
index 5dcabd470..860382d0d 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test/src/test/testng/org/apache/archiva/web/test/RepositoryScanningTest.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test/src/test/testng/org/apache/archiva/web/test/RepositoryScanningTest.java
@@ -47,10 +47,15 @@ public class RepositoryScanningTest
     {
         setFieldValue( "newpattern_0", "**/*.zip" );
         clickAddIcon( "newpattern_0" );
-        Assert.assertEquals( getSelenium().getText( "//ul[@class='errorMessage']/li/span" ),
+        Assert.assertEquals( getErrorMessageText(),
                              "Not adding pattern \"**/*.zip\" to filetype artifacts as it already exists." );
     }
 
+    private static String getErrorMessageText()
+    {
+        return getSelenium().getText( "//ul[@class='errorMessage']/li/span" );
+    }
+
     @Test( dependsOnMethods = { "testAddArtifactFileType_ExistingValue" } )
     public void testDeleteArtifactFileType()
     {
@@ -72,7 +77,7 @@ public class RepositoryScanningTest
     {
         setFieldValue( "newpattern_1", "**/*-" );
         clickAddIcon( "newpattern_1" );
-        Assert.assertEquals( getSelenium().getText( "//span[@class='errorMessage']" ),
+        Assert.assertEquals( getErrorMessageText(),
                              "Not adding pattern \"**/*-\" to filetype auto-remove as it already exists." );
     }
 
@@ -97,7 +102,7 @@ public class RepositoryScanningTest
     {
         setFieldValue( "newpattern_2", "" );
         clickAddIcon( "newpattern_2" );
-        Assert.assertEquals( getSelenium().getText( "//span[@class='errorMessage']" ),
+        Assert.assertEquals( getErrorMessageText(),
                              "Unable to process blank pattern." );
     }
 
@@ -106,7 +111,7 @@ public class RepositoryScanningTest
     {
         setFieldValue( "newpattern_2", "**/*.sh" );
         clickAddIcon( "newpattern_2" );
-        Assert.assertEquals( getSelenium().getText( "//span[@class='errorMessage']" ),
+        Assert.assertEquals( getErrorMessageText(),
                              "Not adding pattern \"**/*.sh\" to filetype ignored as it already exists." );
     }
 
@@ -132,7 +137,7 @@ public class RepositoryScanningTest
     {
         setFieldValue( "newpattern_3", "" );
         clickAddIcon( "newpattern_3" );
-        Assert.assertEquals( getSelenium().getText( "//span[@class='errorMessage']" ),
+        Assert.assertEquals( getErrorMessageText(),
                              "Unable to process blank pattern." );
     }
 
@@ -141,7 +146,7 @@ public class RepositoryScanningTest
     {
         setFieldValue( "newpattern_3", "**/*.xml" );
         clickAddIcon( "newpattern_3" );
-        Assert.assertEquals( getSelenium().getText( "//span[@class='errorMessage']" ),
+        Assert.assertEquals( getErrorMessageText(),
                              "Not adding pattern \"**/*.xml\" to filetype indexable-content as it already exists." );
     }