diff --git a/client/pkg/testutil/before.go b/client/pkg/testutil/before.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..801aa042d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/pkg/testutil/before.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The etcd Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package testutil
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+// These are constants from "go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3/verify",
+// but we don't want to take dependency.
+const ENV_VERIFY = "ETCD_VERIFY"
+const ENV_VERIFY_ALL_VALUE = "all"
+
+func BeforeTest(t testing.TB) {
+	RegisterLeakDetection(t)
+	os.Setenv(ENV_VERIFY, ENV_VERIFY_ALL_VALUE)
+
+	path, err := os.Getwd()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	tempDir := t.TempDir()
+	assert.NoError(t, os.Chdir(tempDir))
+	t.Logf("Changing working directory to: %s", tempDir)
+
+	t.Cleanup(func() { assert.NoError(t, os.Chdir(path)) })
+}
diff --git a/client/v3/client_test.go b/client/v3/client_test.go
index b8c62a95b..4884fe646 100644
--- a/client/v3/client_test.go
+++ b/client/v3/client_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -204,8 +203,13 @@ func TestZapWithLogger(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestAuthTokenBundleNoOverwrite(t *testing.T) {
+	// This call in particular changes working directory to the tmp dir of
+	// the test. The `etcd-auth-test:0` can be created in local directory,
+	// not exceeding the longest allowed path on OsX.
+	testutil.BeforeTest(t)
+
 	// Create a mock AuthServer to handle Authenticate RPCs.
-	lis, err := net.Listen("unix", filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "etcd-auth-test:0"))
+	lis, err := net.Listen("unix", "etcd-auth-test:0")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/tests/framework/e2e/testing.go b/tests/framework/e2e/testing.go
index e1447146c..7d7de27fd 100644
--- a/tests/framework/e2e/testing.go
+++ b/tests/framework/e2e/testing.go
@@ -15,24 +15,12 @@
 package e2e
 
 import (
-	"os"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3/testutil"
-	"go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3/verify"
 )
 
 func BeforeTest(t testing.TB) {
 	SkipInShortMode(t)
-	testutil.RegisterLeakDetection(t)
-	os.Setenv(verify.ENV_VERIFY, verify.ENV_VERIFY_ALL_VALUE)
-
-	path, err := os.Getwd()
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	tempDir := t.TempDir()
-	assert.NoError(t, os.Chdir(tempDir))
-	t.Logf("Changing working directory to: %s", tempDir)
-
-	t.Cleanup(func() { assert.NoError(t, os.Chdir(path)) })
+	testutil.BeforeTest(t)
 }