diff --git a/helix-term/src/application.rs b/helix-term/src/application.rs
index 6010e745c..719683bfc 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/application.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/application.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use arc_swap::{access::Map, ArcSwap};
-use futures_util::{Stream, StreamExt};
+use futures_util::Stream;
 use helix_core::{
     diagnostic::{DiagnosticTag, NumberOrString},
     path::get_relative_path,
@@ -969,22 +969,7 @@ pub async fn close(&mut self) -> Vec<anyhow::Error> {
         let mut errs = Vec::new();
 
         // TODO: deduplicate with ctx.block_try_flush_writes
-        tokio::task::block_in_place(|| {
-            helix_lsp::block_on(async {
-                while let Some(save_event) = self.editor.save_queue.next().await {
-                    match &save_event {
-                        Ok(event) => {
-                            let doc = doc_mut!(self.editor, &event.doc_id);
-                            doc.set_last_saved_revision(event.revision);
-                        }
-                        Err(err) => {
-                            log::error!("error saving document: {}", err);
-                        }
-                    };
-                    // TODO: if is_err: break?
-                }
-            })
-        });
+        tokio::task::block_in_place(|| helix_lsp::block_on(self.editor.flush_writes()));
 
         if let Err(err) = self
             .jobs
diff --git a/helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs b/helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs
index ef7742568..c18f3c393 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs
@@ -80,22 +80,7 @@ fn buffer_close_by_ids_impl(
     force: bool,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     // TODO: deduplicate with ctx.block_try_flush_writes
-    tokio::task::block_in_place(|| {
-        helix_lsp::block_on(async {
-            while let Some(save_event) = editor.save_queue.next().await {
-                match &save_event {
-                    Ok(event) => {
-                        let doc = doc_mut!(editor, &event.doc_id);
-                        doc.set_last_saved_revision(event.revision);
-                    }
-                    Err(err) => {
-                        log::error!("error saving document: {}", err);
-                    }
-                };
-                // TODO: if is_err: break?
-            }
-        })
-    });
+    tokio::task::block_in_place(|| helix_lsp::block_on(editor.flush_writes()));
 
     let (modified_ids, modified_names): (Vec<_>, Vec<_>) = doc_ids
         .iter()
diff --git a/helix-term/src/compositor.rs b/helix-term/src/compositor.rs
index a4ffaff25..767037801 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/compositor.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/compositor.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use futures_util::StreamExt;
 // Each component declares it's own size constraints and gets fitted based on it's parent.
 // Q: how does this work with popups?
 // cursive does compositor.screen_mut().add_layer_at(pos::absolute(x, y), <component>)
@@ -34,22 +33,7 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
     pub fn block_try_flush_writes(&mut self) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         tokio::task::block_in_place(|| helix_lsp::block_on(self.jobs.finish(self.editor, None)))?;
 
-        tokio::task::block_in_place(|| {
-            helix_lsp::block_on(async {
-                while let Some(save_event) = self.editor.save_queue.next().await {
-                    match &save_event {
-                        Ok(event) => {
-                            let doc = doc_mut!(self.editor, &event.doc_id);
-                            doc.set_last_saved_revision(event.revision);
-                        }
-                        Err(err) => {
-                            log::error!("error saving document: {}", err);
-                        }
-                    };
-                    // TODO: if is_err: break?
-                }
-            })
-        });
+        tokio::task::block_in_place(|| helix_lsp::block_on(self.editor.flush_writes()));
 
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/helix-view/src/editor.rs b/helix-view/src/editor.rs
index c4789ee2b..c0efad05e 100644
--- a/helix-view/src/editor.rs
+++ b/helix-view/src/editor.rs
@@ -1348,4 +1348,19 @@ pub async fn wait_event(&mut self) -> EditorEvent {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    pub async fn flush_writes(&mut self) {
+        while let Some(save_event) = self.save_queue.next().await {
+            match &save_event {
+                Ok(event) => {
+                    let doc = doc_mut!(self, &event.doc_id);
+                    doc.set_last_saved_revision(event.revision);
+                }
+                Err(err) => {
+                    log::error!("error saving document: {}", err);
+                }
+            };
+            // TODO: if is_err: break?
+        }
+    }
 }