diff --git a/test/T560-lib-error.sh b/test/T560-lib-error.sh
index 1ef4ff23..c280939c 100755
--- a/test/T560-lib-error.sh
+++ b/test/T560-lib-error.sh
@@ -3,16 +3,6 @@ test_description="error reporting for library"
 
 . ./test-lib.sh || exit 1
 
-backup_database () {
-    rm -rf notmuch-dir-backup
-    cp -pR ${MAIL_DIR}/.notmuch notmuch-dir-backup
-}
-restore_database () {
-    rm -rf ${MAIL_DIR}/.notmuch
-    cp -pR notmuch-dir-backup ${MAIL_DIR}/.notmuch
-}
-
-
 add_email_corpus
 
 test_expect_success "building database" "NOTMUCH_NEW"
diff --git a/test/test-lib-common.sh b/test/test-lib-common.sh
index b1fc33d4..5eb618c1 100644
--- a/test/test-lib-common.sh
+++ b/test/test-lib-common.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,18 @@ find_notmuch_path ()
     done
 }
 
+backup_database () {
+    test_name=$(basename $0 .sh)
+    rm -rf notmuch-dir-backup."$test_name"
+    cp -pR ${MAIL_DIR}/.notmuch notmuch-dir-backup."${test_name}"
+}
+
+restore_database () {
+    test_name=$(basename $0 .sh)
+    rm -rf ${MAIL_DIR}/.notmuch
+    cp -pR notmuch-dir-backup."${test_name}" ${MAIL_DIR}/.notmuch
+}
+
 # Test the binaries we have just built.  The tests are kept in
 # test/ subdirectory and are run in 'trash directory' subdirectory.
 TEST_DIRECTORY=$(pwd)