diff --git a/platform-tests/broker-acceptance/s3_broker_test.go b/platform-tests/broker-acceptance/s3_broker_test.go
index 6dcfc9b1de..797010c7f1 100644
--- a/platform-tests/broker-acceptance/s3_broker_test.go
+++ b/platform-tests/broker-acceptance/s3_broker_test.go
@@ -106,9 +106,41 @@ var _ = Describe("S3 broker", func() {
 			})
 		})
 
-		It("is externally accessible from an allow_external_access service key", func() {
+		s3ClientFromServiceKey := func(siName string, skName string) (*s3.S3, string) {
 			var serviceKeyData ServiceKeyData
+			cfSess := cf.Cf(
+				"service-key",
+				siName,
+				skName,
+			)
+			Expect(cfSess.Wait(testConfig.DefaultTimeoutDuration())).To(Exit(0))
+
+			outContents := cfSess.Out.Contents()
+			err := json.Unmarshal(
+				outContents[bytes.IndexByte(outContents, byte('{')):],
+				&serviceKeyData,
+			)
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+			Expect(serviceKeyData.Credentials.BucketName).ToNot(Equal(""))
+			Expect(serviceKeyData.Credentials.AWSAccessKeyID).ToNot(Equal(""))
+			Expect(serviceKeyData.Credentials.AWSSecretAccessKey).ToNot(Equal(""))
+			Expect(serviceKeyData.Credentials.AWSRegion).ToNot(Equal(""))
+
+			sess := session.Must(session.NewSession(&aws.Config{
+				Region:      aws.String(serviceKeyData.Credentials.AWSRegion),
+				Credentials: credentials.NewStaticCredentials(
+					serviceKeyData.Credentials.AWSAccessKeyID,
+					serviceKeyData.Credentials.AWSSecretAccessKey,
+					"",
+				),
+			}))
+			return s3.New(sess), serviceKeyData.Credentials.BucketName
+		}
+
+		It("is externally accessible from an allow_external_access service key", func() {
 			var s3Client *s3.S3
+			var bucketName string
 			serviceKeyName := generator.PrefixedRandomName(testConfig.GetNamePrefix(), "test-service-key")
 
 			By("creating the service key: "+serviceKeyName, func() {
@@ -126,39 +158,15 @@ var _ = Describe("S3 broker", func() {
 			})
 
 			By("retrieving the service key credentials", func() {
-				cfSess := cf.Cf(
-					"service-key",
+				s3Client, bucketName = s3ClientFromServiceKey(
 					serviceInstanceName,
 					serviceKeyName,
 				)
-				Expect(cfSess.Wait(testConfig.DefaultTimeoutDuration())).To(Exit(0))
-
-				outContents := cfSess.Out.Contents()
-				err := json.Unmarshal(
-					outContents[bytes.IndexByte(outContents, byte('{')):],
-					&serviceKeyData,
-				)
-				Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
-
-				Expect(serviceKeyData.Credentials.BucketName).ToNot(Equal(""))
-				Expect(serviceKeyData.Credentials.AWSAccessKeyID).ToNot(Equal(""))
-				Expect(serviceKeyData.Credentials.AWSSecretAccessKey).ToNot(Equal(""))
-				Expect(serviceKeyData.Credentials.AWSRegion).ToNot(Equal(""))
-
-				sess := session.Must(session.NewSession(&aws.Config{
-					Region:      aws.String(serviceKeyData.Credentials.AWSRegion),
-					Credentials: credentials.NewStaticCredentials(
-						serviceKeyData.Credentials.AWSAccessKeyID,
-						serviceKeyData.Credentials.AWSSecretAccessKey,
-						"",
-					),
-				}))
-				s3Client = s3.New(sess)
 			})
 
 			By("Accessing the bucket from the test host", func() {
 				_, err := s3Client.PutObject(&s3.PutObjectInput{
-					Bucket: aws.String(serviceKeyData.Credentials.BucketName),
+					Bucket: aws.String(bucketName),
 					Key:    aws.String("test-key"),
 					Body:   strings.NewReader("test-content"),
 				})
@@ -166,27 +174,27 @@ var _ = Describe("S3 broker", func() {
 
 				defer func() {
 					_, err := s3Client.DeleteObject(&s3.DeleteObjectInput{
-						Bucket: aws.String(serviceKeyData.Credentials.BucketName),
+						Bucket: aws.String(bucketName),
 						Key:    aws.String("test-key"),
 					})
 					Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 				}()
 
 				listObjectsResult, err := s3Client.ListObjects(&s3.ListObjectsInput{
-					Bucket: aws.String(serviceKeyData.Credentials.BucketName),
+					Bucket: aws.String(bucketName),
 				})
 				Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 				Expect(len(listObjectsResult.Contents)).To(Equal(1))
 				Expect(listObjectsResult.Contents[0].Key).To(Equal(aws.String("test-key")))
 
 				_, err = s3Client.GetObject(&s3.GetObjectInput{
-					Bucket: aws.String(serviceKeyData.Credentials.BucketName),
+					Bucket: aws.String(bucketName),
 					Key:    aws.String("test-key"),
 				})
 				Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
 				_, err = s3Client.GetObjectTagging(&s3.GetObjectTaggingInput{
-					Bucket: aws.String(serviceKeyData.Credentials.BucketName),
+					Bucket: aws.String(bucketName),
 					Key:    aws.String("test-key"),
 				})
 				Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())