diff --git a/packages/extension-chrome/__tests__/services/ownership/backend/backendUtil.test.ts b/packages/extension-chrome/__tests__/services/ownership/backend/request.ts
similarity index 70%
rename from packages/extension-chrome/__tests__/services/ownership/backend/backendUtil.test.ts
rename to packages/extension-chrome/__tests__/services/ownership/backend/request.ts
index 17a7efc1..4f68ec67 100644
--- a/packages/extension-chrome/__tests__/services/ownership/backend/backendUtil.test.ts
+++ b/packages/extension-chrome/__tests__/services/ownership/backend/request.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import fetchMock from 'jest-fetch-mock';
-import { createRpcClient } from '../../../../src/services/ownership/backend/backendUtils';
+import { requestWithRetries } from '../../../../src/services/ownership/backend/request';
 
 describe('refetch', () => {
   beforeAll(() => {
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ describe('refetch', () => {
   it('should refetch when first request fails', async () => {
     fetchMock.mockRejectOnce(new Error('some error'));
     fetchMock.mockResponse(JSON.stringify({ result: 'some result' }));
-    const { request } = createRpcClient('');
-    await request('some_method', {});
-
+    await requestWithRetries(() => fetch('http://dummy'));
     expect(fetch).toBeCalledTimes(2);
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/extension-chrome/src/services/ownership/backend/backendUtils.ts b/packages/extension-chrome/src/services/ownership/backend/backendUtils.ts
index 8ad0145c..7e760cce 100644
--- a/packages/extension-chrome/src/services/ownership/backend/backendUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/extension-chrome/src/services/ownership/backend/backendUtils.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ import { asserts } from '@nexus-wallet/utils';
 import { ScriptConfig } from '@ckb-lumos/config-manager';
 import { JSONRPCRequest, JSONRPCResponse } from 'json-rpc-2.0';
 import { RPC as RpcType } from '@ckb-lumos/rpc/lib/types/rpc';
+import { RequestOptions, requestWithRetries } from './request';
 import { NexusCommonErrors } from '../../../errors';
-import pTimeout from './thirdpartyLib/p-timeout';
-import pRetry from './thirdpartyLib/p-retry';
 
 type Order = 'asc' | 'desc';
 type Limit = HexNumber;
@@ -91,39 +90,22 @@ type RpcClient = {
   batchRequest: <Result = unknown, Params = unknown>(method: string, batchParams: Params[]) => Promise<Result[]>;
 };
 
-type RpcClientOptions = {
-  timeout?: number; // in milliseconds
-  maxRetries?: number;
-};
-
-function createRpcClient(url: string, options?: RpcClientOptions): RpcClient {
+function createRpcClient(url: string, options?: RequestOptions): RpcClient {
   // auto-increment id
   let jsonRpcId = 0;
 
   async function _request(body: JSONRPCRequest | JSONRPCRequest[]): Promise<JSONRPCResponse | JSONRPCResponse[]> {
     ++jsonRpcId;
-    const retryRunner = async () => {
-      const res = await fetch(url, {
+    const fetchProvider = () =>
+      fetch(url, {
         method: 'POST',
         body: JSON.stringify(body),
         headers: {
           'Content-Type': 'application/json',
         },
       });
-      // Abort retrying if the resource doesn't exist
-      if (res.status >= 300) {
-        /* istanbul ignore next */
-        throw NexusCommonErrors.RequestCkbFailed(res);
-      }
-      return res.json();
-    };
-
-    const retryPromise = pRetry(retryRunner, { retries: options?.maxRetries || 5 });
-    const res = await pTimeout(retryPromise, {
-      milliseconds: options?.timeout || 5_000,
-    });
 
-    return res as Promise<JSONRPCResponse | JSONRPCResponse[]>;
+    return requestWithRetries(fetchProvider, options);
   }
 
   async function request<Result = unknown, Params = unknown>(method: string, params: Params): Promise<Result> {
diff --git a/packages/extension-chrome/src/services/ownership/backend/request.ts b/packages/extension-chrome/src/services/ownership/backend/request.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a58a8961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/extension-chrome/src/services/ownership/backend/request.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { JSONRPCResponse } from 'json-rpc-2.0';
+import { NexusCommonErrors } from '../../../errors';
+import pRetry from './thirdpartyLib/p-retry';
+import pTimeout from './thirdpartyLib/p-timeout';
+
+export type RequestOptions = {
+  timeout?: number; // in milliseconds
+  maxRetries?: number;
+};
+
+export const requestWithRetries = async (
+  promiseCtor: () => Promise<Response>,
+  options?: RequestOptions,
+): Promise<JSONRPCResponse | JSONRPCResponse[]> => {
+  const retryRunner = async () => {
+    const res = await promiseCtor();
+    // Abort retrying if the resource doesn't exist
+    if (res.status >= 300) {
+      /* istanbul ignore next */
+      throw NexusCommonErrors.RequestCkbFailed(res);
+    }
+    return res.json();
+  };
+
+  const retryPromise = pRetry(retryRunner, { retries: options?.maxRetries || 5 });
+  const res = await pTimeout(retryPromise, {
+    milliseconds: options?.timeout || 5_000,
+  });
+
+  return res as Promise<JSONRPCResponse | JSONRPCResponse[]>;
+};