diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/environments_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/environments_controller.rb
index 145b0a6cade..3f345204241 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/environments_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/environments_controller.rb
@@ -164,10 +164,7 @@ class Projects::EnvironmentsController < Projects::ApplicationController
       format.json do
         result = Gitlab::MetricsDashboard::Service.new(@project, @current_user, environment: environment).get_dashboard
 
-        ok_status = :ok if result[:status] == :success
-        status = ok_status || result[:http_status] || :bad_request
-
-        render status: status, json: result
+        render_metrics_dashboard_response(result)
       end
     end
   end
@@ -212,6 +209,13 @@ class Projects::EnvironmentsController < Projects::ApplicationController
     params.require([:start, :end])
   end
 
+  def render_metrics_dashboard_response(result)
+    ok_status = :ok if result[:status] == :success
+    status = ok_status || result[:http_status] || :bad_request
+
+    render status: status, json: result
+  end
+
   def search_environment_names
     return [] unless params[:query]