diff --git a/shared-functions/shared-code.sh b/shared-functions/shared-code.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..ba8df5780de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared-functions/shared-code.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (C) 2023, MinIO, Inc.
+#
+# This code is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+
+function wait_for_resource() {
+	waitdone=0
+	totalwait=0
+	echo "command to wait on:"
+	command_to_wait="kubectl -n $1 get pods -l $3=$2 --no-headers"
+	echo $command_to_wait
+
+	while true; do
+	waitdone=$($command_to_wait | wc -l)
+	if [ "$waitdone" -ne 0 ]; then
+		echo "Found $waitdone pods"
+			break
+	fi
+	sleep 5
+	totalwait=$((totalwait + 5))
+	if [ "$totalwait" -gt 305 ]; then
+			echo "Unable to get resource after 5 minutes, exiting."
+			try false
+	fi
+	done
+}
+
+function wait_for_resource_field_selector() {
+  # example 1 job:
+  # namespace="minio-tenant-1"
+  # codition="condition=Complete"
+  # selector="metadata.name=setup-bucket"
+  # wait_for_resource_field_selector $namespace job $condition $selector
+  #
+  # example 2 tenant:
+  # wait_for_resource_field_selector $namespace job $condition $selector
+  # condition=jsonpath='{.status.currentState}'=Initialized
+  # selector="metadata.name=storage-policy-binding"
+  # wait_for_resource_field_selector $namespace tenant $condition $selector 900s
+
+  namespace=$1
+  resourcetype=$2
+  condition=$3
+  fieldselector=$4
+  if [ $# -ge 5 ]; then
+    timeout="$5"
+  else
+    timeout="600s"
+  fi
+
+  echo "Waiting for $resourcetype \"$fieldselector\" for \"$condition\" ($timeout timeout)"
+  kubectl wait -n "$namespace" "$resourcetype" \
+    --for=$condition \
+    --field-selector $fieldselector \
+    --timeout="$timeout"
+}
diff --git a/testing/common.sh b/testing/common.sh
index c46a5d6aa04..bb12bf3998f 100644
--- a/testing/common.sh
+++ b/testing/common.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
 
+source "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/shared-functions/shared-code.sh" # This is common.sh for k8s tests across multiple repos.
+
 ## this enables :dev tag for minio/operator container image.
 CI="true"
 export CI
@@ -181,58 +183,6 @@ function destroy_kind() {
   fi
 }
 
-function wait_for_resource() {
-  waitdone=0
-  totalwait=0
-  echo "command to wait on:"
-  command_to_wait="kubectl -n $1 get pods -l $3=$2 --no-headers"
-  echo $command_to_wait
-
-  while true; do
-    waitdone=$($command_to_wait | wc -l)
-    if [ "$waitdone" -ne 0 ]; then
-      echo "Found $waitdone pods"
-      break
-    fi
-    sleep 5
-    totalwait=$((totalwait + 5))
-    if [ "$totalwait" -gt 305 ]; then
-      echo "Unable to get resource after 5 minutes, exiting."
-      try false
-    fi
-  done
-}
-
-function wait_for_resource_field_selector() {
-  # example 1 job:
-  # namespace="minio-tenant-1"
-  # codition="condition=Complete"
-  # selector="metadata.name=setup-bucket"
-  # wait_for_resource_field_selector $namespace job $condition $selector
-  #
-  # example 2 tenant:
-  # wait_for_resource_field_selector $namespace job $condition $selector
-  # condition=jsonpath='{.status.currentState}'=Initialized
-  # selector="metadata.name=storage-policy-binding"
-  # wait_for_resource_field_selector $namespace tenant $condition $selector 900s
-
-  namespace=$1
-  resourcetype=$2
-  condition=$3
-  fieldselector=$4
-  if [ $# -ge 5 ]; then
-    timeout="$5"
-  else
-    timeout="600s"
-  fi
-
-  echo "Waiting for $resourcetype \"$fieldselector\" for \"$condition\" ($timeout timeout)"
-  kubectl wait -n "$namespace" "$resourcetype" \
-    --for=$condition \
-    --field-selector $fieldselector \
-    --timeout="$timeout"
-}
-
 function check_tenant_status() {
   # Check MinIO is accessible
   # $1 namespace
diff --git a/tests/common.sh b/tests/common.sh
index 854aef743b6..b3344df47e8 100755
--- a/tests/common.sh
+++ b/tests/common.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
 
+source "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/shared-functions/shared-code.sh" # This is common.sh for k8s tests across multiple repos.
+
 yell() { echo "$0: $*" >&2; }
 
 die() {
@@ -103,28 +105,6 @@ function check_tenant_status() {
     echo "Done."
 }
 
-function wait_for_resource() {
-	waitdone=0
-	totalwait=0
-	echo "command to wait on:"
-	command_to_wait="kubectl -n $1 get pods -l $3=$2 --no-headers"
-	echo $command_to_wait
-
-	while true; do
-	waitdone=$($command_to_wait | wc -l)
-	if [ "$waitdone" -ne 0 ]; then
-		echo "Found $waitdone pods"
-			break
-	fi
-	sleep 5
-	totalwait=$((totalwait + 5))
-	if [ "$totalwait" -gt 305 ]; then
-			echo "Unable to get resource after 5 minutes, exiting."
-			try false
-	fi
-	done
-}
-
 # Install tenant function is being used by deploy-tenant and check-prometheus
 function install_tenant() {