diff --git a/src/backend/columnar/columnar_reader.c b/src/backend/columnar/columnar_reader.c
index 770636d59..a4939b763 100644
--- a/src/backend/columnar/columnar_reader.c
+++ b/src/backend/columnar/columnar_reader.c
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ struct ColumnarReadState
 };
 
 /* static function declarations */
+static MemoryContext CreateStripeReadMemoryContext(void);
 static bool StripeReadInProgress(ColumnarReadState *readState);
 static bool HasUnreadStripe(ColumnarReadState *readState);
 static StripeReadState * BeginStripeRead(StripeMetadata *stripeMetadata, Relation rel,
@@ -162,9 +163,7 @@ ColumnarBeginRead(Relation relation, TupleDesc tupleDescriptor,
 	 * this memory context before loading a new stripe. This is to avoid memory
 	 * leaks.
 	 */
-	MemoryContext stripeReadContext = AllocSetContextCreate(CurrentMemoryContext,
-															"Stripe Read Memory Context",
-															ALLOCSET_DEFAULT_SIZES);
+	MemoryContext stripeReadContext = CreateStripeReadMemoryContext();
 
 	ColumnarReadState *readState = palloc0(sizeof(ColumnarReadState));
 	readState->relation = relation;
@@ -181,6 +180,18 @@ ColumnarBeginRead(Relation relation, TupleDesc tupleDescriptor,
 }
 
 
+/*
+ * CreateStripeReadMemoryContext creates a memory context to be used when
+ * reading a stripe.
+ */
+static MemoryContext
+CreateStripeReadMemoryContext()
+{
+	return AllocSetContextCreate(CurrentMemoryContext, "Stripe Read Memory Context",
+								 ALLOCSET_DEFAULT_SIZES);
+}
+
+
 /*
  * ColumnarReadNextRow tries to read a row from the columnar table. On success, it sets
  * column values and nulls, and returns true. If there are no more rows to read,