diff --git a/programs/bpf_loader/src/syscalls/mem_ops.rs b/programs/bpf_loader/src/syscalls/mem_ops.rs
index 3255c7d07a..f02f1935d9 100644
--- a/programs/bpf_loader/src/syscalls/mem_ops.rs
+++ b/programs/bpf_loader/src/syscalls/mem_ops.rs
@@ -216,6 +216,21 @@ fn memcmp_non_contiguous(
     n: u64,
     memory_mapping: &MemoryMapping,
 ) -> Result<i32, Error> {
+    let memcmp_chunk = |s1_addr, s2_addr, chunk_len| {
+        let res = unsafe {
+            let s1 = slice::from_raw_parts(s1_addr, chunk_len);
+            let s2 = slice::from_raw_parts(s2_addr, chunk_len);
+            // Safety:
+            // memcmp is marked unsafe since it assumes that s1 and s2 are exactly chunk_len
+            // long. The whole point of iter_memory_pair_chunks is to find same length chunks
+            // across two memory regions.
+            memcmp(s1, s2, chunk_len)
+        };
+        if res != 0 {
+            return Err(MemcmpError::Diff(res).into());
+        }
+        Ok(0)
+    };
     match iter_memory_pair_chunks(
         AccessType::Load,
         src_addr,
@@ -224,21 +239,7 @@ fn memcmp_non_contiguous(
         n,
         memory_mapping,
         false,
-        |s1_addr, s2_addr, chunk_len| {
-            let res = unsafe {
-                let s1 = slice::from_raw_parts(s1_addr, chunk_len);
-                let s2 = slice::from_raw_parts(s2_addr, chunk_len);
-                // Safety:
-                // memcmp is marked unsafe since it assumes that s1 and s2 are exactly chunk_len
-                // long. The whole point of iter_memory_pair_chunks is to find same length chunks
-                // across two memory regions.
-                memcmp(s1, s2, chunk_len)
-            };
-            if res != 0 {
-                return Err(MemcmpError::Diff(res).into());
-            }
-            Ok(0)
-        },
+        memcmp_chunk,
     ) {
         Ok(res) => Ok(res),
         Err(error) => match error.downcast_ref() {