diff --git a/presto-hive/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/hive/HiveMetadata.java b/presto-hive/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/hive/HiveMetadata.java
index 94238e41b72f..56f5fff51852 100644
--- a/presto-hive/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/hive/HiveMetadata.java
+++ b/presto-hive/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/hive/HiveMetadata.java
@@ -1075,10 +1075,7 @@ public Optional<ConnectorOutputMetadata> finishCreateTable(ConnectorSession sess
     {
         HiveOutputTableHandle handle = (HiveOutputTableHandle) tableHandle;
 
-        List<PartitionUpdate> partitionUpdates = fragments.stream()
-                .map(Slice::getBytes)
-                .map(partitionUpdateCodec::fromJson)
-                .collect(toList());
+        List<PartitionUpdate> partitionUpdates = getPartitionUpdates(fragments);
 
         WriteInfo writeInfo = locationService.getQueryWriteInfo(handle.getLocationHandle());
         Table table = buildTableObject(
@@ -1297,10 +1294,7 @@ public Optional<ConnectorOutputMetadata> finishInsert(ConnectorSession session,
     {
         HiveInsertTableHandle handle = (HiveInsertTableHandle) insertHandle;
 
-        List<PartitionUpdate> partitionUpdates = fragments.stream()
-                .map(Slice::getBytes)
-                .map(partitionUpdateCodec::fromJson)
-                .collect(toList());
+        List<PartitionUpdate> partitionUpdates = getPartitionUpdates(fragments);
 
         HiveStorageFormat tableStorageFormat = handle.getTableStorageFormat();
         partitionUpdates = PartitionUpdate.mergePartitionUpdates(partitionUpdates);
@@ -2044,6 +2038,14 @@ private static boolean hasAdminRole(Set<PrestoPrincipal> roles)
         return roles.stream().anyMatch(principal -> principal.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(ADMIN_ROLE_NAME));
     }
 
+    private List<PartitionUpdate> getPartitionUpdates(Collection<Slice> fragments)
+    {
+        return fragments.stream()
+                .map(Slice::getBytes)
+                .map(partitionUpdateCodec::fromJson)
+                .collect(toList());
+    }
+
     private void verifyJvmTimeZone()
     {
         if (!allowCorruptWritesForTesting && !timeZone.equals(DateTimeZone.getDefault())) {