diff --git a/src/cmdlib.sh b/src/cmdlib.sh
index a9c8e0830c..bb1d18e5a5 100755
--- a/src/cmdlib.sh
+++ b/src/cmdlib.sh
@@ -263,6 +263,14 @@ prepare_build() {
     export overrides_active_stamp
 }
 
+commit_ostree_layer() {
+    local rootfs=$1; shift
+    local branch=$1; shift
+    ostree commit --repo="${tmprepo}" --tree=dir="${rootfs}" -b "${branch}" \
+        --owner-uid 0 --owner-gid 0 --no-xattrs --no-bindings --parent=none \
+        --mode-ro-executables --timestamp "${git_timestamp}" "$@"
+}
+
 commit_overlay() {
     local name path respath
     name=$1
@@ -281,9 +289,7 @@ commit_overlay() {
     # files, but we do.
     touch "${TMPDIR}/overlay/statoverride"
     echo -n "Committing ${name}: ${path} ... "
-    ostree commit --repo="${tmprepo}" --tree=dir="${TMPDIR}/overlay" -b "${name}" \
-        --owner-uid 0 --owner-gid 0 --no-xattrs --no-bindings --parent=none \
-        --mode-ro-executables --timestamp "${git_timestamp}" \
+    commit_ostree_layer "${TMPDIR}/overlay" "${name}" \
         --statoverride <(sed -e '/^#/d' "${TMPDIR}/overlay/statoverride") \
         --skip-list <(echo /statoverride)
 }
@@ -431,9 +437,9 @@ EOF
         # available in content_sets.yaml. The mapped repos are then available in content_manifest.json
         # Feature: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/GRPA-3731
         create_content_manifest "$configdir"/content_sets.yaml "${tmp_overridesdir}/contentsetrootfs/usr/share/buildinfo/content_manifest.json"
-        
+
         echo -n "Committing ${tmp_overridesdir}/contentsetrootfs... "
-        ostree commit --repo="$tmprepo" --tree=dir="${tmp_overridesdir}"/contentsetrootfs -b contentset 
+        commit_ostree_layer "${tmp_overridesdir}/contentsetrootfs" contentset
         layers="${layers} contentset"
     fi
 
@@ -448,9 +454,7 @@ EOF
     if [[ -d "${rootfs_overrides}" && -n $(ls -A "${rootfs_overrides}") ]]; then
         echo -n "Committing ${rootfs_overrides}... "
         touch "${overrides_active_stamp}"
-        ostree commit --repo="${tmprepo}" --tree=dir="${rootfs_overrides}" -b cosa-overrides-rootfs \
-          --owner-uid 0 --owner-gid 0 --no-xattrs --no-bindings --parent=none \
-          --timestamp "${git_timestamp}"
+        commit_ostree_layer "${rootfs_overrides}" "cosa-overrides-rootfs"
           cat >> "${override_manifest}" << EOF
 ostree-override-layers:
   - cosa-overrides-rootfs