diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/skyframe/MemoizingEvaluatorTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/skyframe/MemoizingEvaluatorTest.java
index 607effa2a50e4c..6536c2b9d128cb 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/skyframe/MemoizingEvaluatorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/skyframe/MemoizingEvaluatorTest.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import com.google.common.eventbus.EventBus;
 import com.google.common.testing.GcFinalization;
+import com.google.common.truth.IterableSubject;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Uninterruptibles;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.events.DelegatingEventHandler;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.events.Event;
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@
 public class MemoizingEvaluatorTest {
 
   protected MemoizingEvaluatorTester tester;
-  private EventCollector eventCollector;
+  protected EventCollector eventCollector;
   private ExtendedEventHandler reporter;
   protected MemoizingEvaluator.EmittedEventState emittedEventState;
 
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ protected boolean preciseEvaluationStatusStored() {
     return true;
   }
 
-  private void initializeReporter() {
+  protected void initializeReporter() {
     eventCollector = new EventCollector();
     reporter = new Reporter(new EventBus(), eventCollector);
     tester.resetPlayedEvents();
@@ -1367,9 +1368,12 @@ protected void parentOfCycleAndErrorInternal(
       assertThatErrorInfo(errorInfo).hasCycleInfoThat().hasSize(1);
     }
     // But the parent itself shouldn't have a direct dep on the special error transience node.
-    assertThatEvaluationResult(evalResult)
-        .hasDirectDepsInGraphThat(top)
-        .doesNotContain(ErrorTransienceValue.KEY);
+    verifyParentDepsForParentOfCycleAndError(
+        assertThatEvaluationResult(evalResult).hasDirectDepsInGraphThat(top));
+  }
+
+  protected void verifyParentDepsForParentOfCycleAndError(IterableSubject parentDeps) {
+    parentDeps.doesNotContain(ErrorTransienceValue.KEY);
   }
 
   @Test