diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/setup-test-env.sh b/.gitlab-ci/setup-test-env.sh
index f1c06039d81..a123201110d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/setup-test-env.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/setup-test-env.sh
@@ -34,24 +34,6 @@ function get_current_minsec {
     printf "%02d:%02d" $((CURR_TIME/60)) $((CURR_TIME%60))
 }
 
-function error {
-    x_off 2>/dev/null
-    RED="\e[0;31m"
-    ENDCOLOR="\e[0m"
-    # we force the following to be not in a section
-    if [ -n "${CURRENT_SECTION:-}" ]; then
-      _section_end $CURRENT_SECTION
-    fi
-
-    CURR_MINSEC=$(get_current_minsec)
-    echo -e "\n${RED}[${CURR_MINSEC}] ERROR: $*${ENDCOLOR}\n"
-    x_restore
-}
-
-function trap_err {
-    error ${CURRENT_SECTION:-'unknown-section'}: ret code: $*
-}
-
 function _build_section_start {
     local section_params=$1
     shift
@@ -116,8 +98,6 @@ export -f _x_store_state
 export -f _x_off
 export -f _x_restore
 export -f get_current_minsec
-export -f error
-export -f trap_err
 export -f _build_section_start
 export -f _section_start
 export -f _build_section_end
@@ -136,5 +116,26 @@ if [ -z "${RESULTS_DIR:-}" ]; then
 	mkdir -p "${RESULTS_DIR}"
 fi
 
+function error {
+    x_off 2>/dev/null
+    RED="\e[0;31m"
+    ENDCOLOR="\e[0m"
+    # we force the following to be not in a section
+    if [ -n "${CURRENT_SECTION:-}" ]; then
+      _section_end $CURRENT_SECTION
+    fi
+
+    CURR_MINSEC=$(get_current_minsec)
+    echo -e "\n${RED}[${CURR_MINSEC}] ERROR: $*${ENDCOLOR}\n"
+    x_restore
+}
+
+function trap_err {
+    error ${CURRENT_SECTION:-'unknown-section'}: ret code: $*
+}
+
+export -f error
+export -f trap_err
+
 set -E
 trap 'trap_err $?' ERR