diff --git a/qa/qa_group.py b/qa/qa_group.py
index b72ff02978552b5e3f0a92cf74fac615794d67fc..2e872ba29e58b7df2104f3d46d23c17612aa6c2b 100644
--- a/qa/qa_group.py
+++ b/qa/qa_group.py
@@ -43,12 +43,9 @@ def GetDefaultGroup():
 
 def TestGroupAddRemoveRename():
   """gnt-group add/remove/rename"""
-  groups = qa_config.get("groups", {})
-
   existing_group_with_nodes = GetDefaultGroup()
 
-  group1, group2, group3 = groups.get("inexistent-groups",
-                                      ["group1", "group2", "group3"])[:3]
+  (group1, group2, group3) = qa_utils.GetNonexistentGroups(3)
 
   AssertCommand(["gnt-group", "add", group1])
   AssertCommand(["gnt-group", "add", group2])
@@ -71,8 +68,7 @@ def TestGroupAddRemoveRename():
 
 def TestGroupAddWithOptions():
   """gnt-group add with options"""
-  groups = qa_config.get("groups", {})
-  group1 = groups.get("inexistent-groups", ["group1"])[0]
+  (group1, ) = qa_utils.GetNonexistentGroups(1)
 
   AssertCommand(["gnt-group", "add", "--alloc-policy", "notvalid", group1],
                 fail=True)
@@ -85,8 +81,7 @@ def TestGroupAddWithOptions():
 
 def TestGroupModify():
   """gnt-group modify"""
-  groups = qa_config.get("groups", {})
-  group1 = groups.get("inexistent-groups", ["group1"])[0]
+  (group1, ) = qa_utils.GetNonexistentGroups(1)
 
   AssertCommand(["gnt-group", "add", group1])
 
@@ -130,8 +125,8 @@ def TestAssignNodesIncludingSplit(orig_group, node1, node2):
 
   """
   assert node1 != node2
-  groups = qa_config.get("groups", {})
-  other_group = groups.get("inexistent-groups", ["group1"])[0]
+
+  (other_group, ) = qa_utils.GetNonexistentGroups(1)
 
   master_node = qa_config.GetMasterNode()["primary"]
 
diff --git a/qa/qa_rapi.py b/qa/qa_rapi.py
index 0401107b77ed226594004b47a405cab34efde512..cd9c004441f220f17c3954e42050d6e16d687e6a 100644
--- a/qa/qa_rapi.py
+++ b/qa/qa_rapi.py
@@ -492,9 +492,7 @@ def TestRapiNodeGroups():
   """Test several node group operations using RAPI.
 
   """
-  groups = qa_config.get("groups", {})
-  group1, group2, group3 = groups.get("inexistent-groups",
-                                      ["group1", "group2", "group3"])[:3]
+  (group1, group2, group3) = qa_utils.GetNonexistentGroups(3)
 
   # Create a group with no attributes
   body = {
diff --git a/qa/qa_utils.py b/qa/qa_utils.py
index 930190ff6d683db29243279e7c9e317cbc559ffa..45baea6b4f896021b8b6c06f153087e898163c96 100644
--- a/qa/qa_utils.py
+++ b/qa/qa_utils.py
@@ -647,3 +647,23 @@ def InstanceCheck(before, after, instarg):
       return result
     return wrapper
   return decorator
+
+
+def GetNonexistentGroups(count):
+  """Gets group names which shouldn't exist on the cluster.
+
+  @param count: Number of groups to get
+  @rtype: list
+
+  """
+  groups = qa_config.get("groups", {})
+
+  default = ["group1", "group2", "group3"]
+  assert count <= len(default)
+
+  candidates = groups.get("inexistent-groups", default)[:count]
+
+  if len(candidates) < count:
+    raise Exception("At least %s non-existent groups are needed" % count)
+
+  return candidates