diff --git a/core/vm/celo_contracts_test.go b/core/vm/celo_contracts_test.go
index 59f2d3faa9..b92c15d77f 100644
--- a/core/vm/celo_contracts_test.go
+++ b/core/vm/celo_contracts_test.go
@@ -50,3 +50,5 @@ var mockEVM = &EVM{
 	Context:   vmBlockCtx,
 	TxContext: vmTxCtx,
 }
+
+var mockPrecompileContext = NewContext(common.HexToAddress("1337"), mockEVM)
diff --git a/core/vm/contracts_test.go b/core/vm/contracts_test.go
index fc60147363..ecfe566d40 100644
--- a/core/vm/contracts_test.go
+++ b/core/vm/contracts_test.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func testPrecompiled(addr string, test precompiledTest, t *testing.T) {
 	in := common.Hex2Bytes(test.Input)
 	gas := p.RequiredGas(in)
 	t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%s-Gas=%d", test.Name, gas), func(t *testing.T) {
-		if res, _, err := RunPrecompiledContract(p, in, gas, NewContext(common.HexToAddress("1337"), mockEVM)); err != nil {
+		if res, _, err := RunPrecompiledContract(p, in, gas, mockPrecompileContext); err != nil {
 			t.Error(err)
 		} else if common.Bytes2Hex(res) != test.Expected {
 			t.Errorf("Expected %v, got %v", test.Expected, common.Bytes2Hex(res))
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func testPrecompiledOOG(addr string, test precompiledTest, t *testing.T) {
 	gas := p.RequiredGas(in) - 1
 
 	t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%s-Gas=%d", test.Name, gas), func(t *testing.T) {
-		_, _, err := RunPrecompiledContract(p, in, gas, NewContext(common.HexToAddress("1337"), mockEVM))
+		_, _, err := RunPrecompiledContract(p, in, gas, mockPrecompileContext)
 		if err.Error() != "out of gas" {
 			t.Errorf("Expected error [out of gas], got [%v]", err)
 		}
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func testPrecompiledFailure(addr string, test precompiledFailureTest, t *testing
 	in := common.Hex2Bytes(test.Input)
 	gas := p.RequiredGas(in)
 	t.Run(test.Name, func(t *testing.T) {
-		_, _, err := RunPrecompiledContract(p, in, gas, NewContext(common.HexToAddress("1337"), mockEVM))
+		_, _, err := RunPrecompiledContract(p, in, gas, mockPrecompileContext)
 		if err.Error() != test.ExpectedError {
 			t.Errorf("Expected error [%v], got [%v]", test.ExpectedError, err)
 		}
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func benchmarkPrecompiled(addr string, test precompiledTest, bench *testing.B) {
 		bench.ResetTimer()
 		for i := 0; i < bench.N; i++ {
 			copy(data, in)
-			res, _, err = RunPrecompiledContract(p, data, reqGas, NewContext(common.HexToAddress("1337"), mockEVM))
+			res, _, err = RunPrecompiledContract(p, data, reqGas, mockPrecompileContext)
 		}
 		bench.StopTimer()
 		elapsed := uint64(time.Since(start))