diff --git a/infer/src/unit/accessPathTestUtils.ml b/infer/src/unit/accessPathTestUtils.ml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e5fb78992
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/src/unit/accessPathTestUtils.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+(*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 - present Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ *)
+
+let make_base base_str =
+  Var.of_pvar (Pvar.mk (Mangled.from_string base_str) Procname.empty_block), Typ.Tvoid
+
+let make_field_access access_str =
+  AccessPath.FieldAccess (Ident.create_fieldname (Mangled.from_string access_str) 0, Typ.Tvoid)
+
+let make_array_access () =
+  AccessPath.ArrayAccess Typ.Tvoid
+
+let make_access_path base_str access_strs =
+  make_base base_str, IList.map make_field_access access_strs
diff --git a/infer/src/unit/accessPathTestUtils.mli b/infer/src/unit/accessPathTestUtils.mli
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce48da573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/src/unit/accessPathTestUtils.mli
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+(*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 - present Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ *)
+
+val make_base : string -> AccessPath.base
+
+val make_field_access : string -> AccessPath.access
+
+val make_array_access : unit -> AccessPath.access
+
+val make_access_path : string -> string list -> AccessPath.raw
diff --git a/infer/src/unit/accessPathTests.ml b/infer/src/unit/accessPathTests.ml
index 9abb1a1cb..ba4e431dd 100644
--- a/infer/src/unit/accessPathTests.ml
+++ b/infer/src/unit/accessPathTests.ml
@@ -11,20 +11,8 @@ open !Utils
 
 module F = Format
 
-let make_base base_str =
-  Var.of_pvar (Pvar.mk (Mangled.from_string base_str) Procname.empty_block), Typ.Tvoid
-
-let make_field_access access_str =
-  AccessPath.FieldAccess (Ident.create_fieldname (Mangled.from_string access_str) 0, Typ.Tvoid)
-
-let make_access_path base_str accesses =
-  let rec make_accesses accesses_acc = function
-    | [] -> accesses_acc
-    | access_str :: l -> make_accesses ((make_field_access access_str) :: accesses_acc) l in
-  let accesses = make_accesses [] accesses in
-  make_base base_str, IList.rev accesses
-
 let tests =
+  let open AccessPathTestUtils in
   let x = make_access_path "x" [] in
   let y = make_access_path "y" [] in
   let f_access = make_field_access "f" in
diff --git a/infer/src/unit/accessTreeTests.ml b/infer/src/unit/accessTreeTests.ml
index 8aaf7f78f..acf522f35 100644
--- a/infer/src/unit/accessTreeTests.ml
+++ b/infer/src/unit/accessTreeTests.ml
@@ -21,23 +21,6 @@ module MockTraceDomain =
 
 module Domain = AccessTree.Make (MockTraceDomain)
 
-let make_base base_str =
-  Var.of_pvar (Pvar.mk (Mangled.from_string base_str) Procname.empty_block), Typ.Tvoid
-
-let make_field_access access_str =
-  AccessPath.FieldAccess (Ident.create_fieldname (Mangled.from_string access_str) 0, Typ.Tvoid)
-
-let make_array_access () =
-  AccessPath.ArrayAccess Typ.Tvoid
-
-let rec make_accesses accesses_acc = function
-  | [] -> accesses_acc
-  | access_str :: l -> make_accesses ((make_field_access access_str) :: accesses_acc) l
-
-let make_access_path base_str accesses =
-  let accesses = make_accesses [] accesses in
-  make_base base_str, IList.rev accesses
-
 let assert_trees_equal tree1 tree2 =
   let rec access_tree_equal (trace1, subtree1) (trace2, subtree2) =
     MockTraceDomain.equal trace1 trace2 && match subtree1, subtree2 with
@@ -51,6 +34,7 @@ let assert_trees_equal tree1 tree2 =
   OUnit2.assert_equal ~cmp:base_tree_equal ~pp_diff tree1 tree2
 
 let tests =
+  let open AccessPathTestUtils in
   let x_base = make_base "x" in
   let y_base = make_base "y" in
   let z_base = make_base "z" in
@@ -71,7 +55,7 @@ let tests =
   let zFG = AccessPath.Exact (make_access_path "z" ["f"; "g"]) in
 
   let xArrF =
-    let accesses = IList.rev (make_accesses [array] ["f"]) in
+    let accesses = [array; make_field_access "f"] in
     AccessPath.Exact (make_base "x", accesses) in
 
   let a_star = AccessPath.Abstracted (make_access_path "a" []) in