diff --git a/src/hnswinsert.c b/src/hnswinsert.c
index c198c93..a3949b2 100644
--- a/src/hnswinsert.c
+++ b/src/hnswinsert.c
@@ -449,6 +449,78 @@ ConnectionExists(HnswElement e, HnswNeighborTuple ntup, int startIdx, int lm)
 	return false;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Update neighbor
+ */
+static void
+UpdateNeighborOnDisk(HnswElement element, HnswElement newElement, int idx, int m, int lm, int lc, Relation index, bool checkExisting, bool building)
+{
+	Buffer		buf;
+	Page		page;
+	GenericXLogState *state;
+	HnswNeighborTuple ntup;
+	int			startIdx;
+	OffsetNumber offno = element->neighborOffno;
+
+	/* Register page */
+	buf = ReadBuffer(index, element->neighborPage);
+	LockBuffer(buf, BUFFER_LOCK_EXCLUSIVE);
+	if (building)
+	{
+		state = NULL;
+		page = BufferGetPage(buf);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		state = GenericXLogStart(index);
+		page = GenericXLogRegisterBuffer(state, buf, 0);
+	}
+
+	/* Get tuple */
+	ntup = (HnswNeighborTuple) PageGetItem(page, PageGetItemId(page, offno));
+
+	/* Calculate index for update */
+	startIdx = (element->level - lc) * m;
+
+	/* Check for existing connection */
+	if (checkExisting && ConnectionExists(newElement, ntup, startIdx, lm))
+		idx = -1;
+	else if (idx == -2)
+	{
+		/* Find free offset if still exists */
+		/* TODO Retry updating connections if not */
+		for (int j = 0; j < lm; j++)
+		{
+			if (!ItemPointerIsValid(&ntup->indextids[startIdx + j]))
+			{
+				idx = startIdx + j;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	else
+		idx += startIdx;
+
+	/* Make robust to issues */
+	if (idx >= 0 && idx < ntup->count)
+	{
+		ItemPointer indextid = &ntup->indextids[idx];
+
+		/* Update neighbor on the buffer */
+		ItemPointerSet(indextid, newElement->blkno, newElement->offno);
+
+		/* Commit */
+		if (building)
+			MarkBufferDirty(buf);
+		else
+			GenericXLogFinish(state);
+	}
+	else if (!building)
+		GenericXLogAbort(state);
+
+	UnlockReleaseBuffer(buf);
+}
+
 /*
  * Update neighbors
  */
@@ -465,14 +537,8 @@ HnswUpdateNeighborsOnDisk(Relation index, FmgrInfo *procinfo, Oid collation, Hns
 		for (int i = 0; i < neighbors->length; i++)
 		{
 			HnswCandidate *hc = &neighbors->items[i];
-			Buffer		buf;
-			Page		page;
-			GenericXLogState *state;
-			HnswNeighborTuple ntup;
-			int			idx;
-			int			startIdx;
 			HnswElement neighborElement = HnswPtrAccess(base, hc->element);
-			OffsetNumber offno = neighborElement->neighborOffno;
+			int			idx;
 
 			idx = GetUpdateIndex(neighborElement, e, hc->distance, m, lm, lc, index, procinfo, collation);
 
@@ -480,63 +546,7 @@ HnswUpdateNeighborsOnDisk(Relation index, FmgrInfo *procinfo, Oid collation, Hns
 			if (idx == -1)
 				continue;
 
-			/* Register page */
-			buf = ReadBuffer(index, neighborElement->neighborPage);
-			LockBuffer(buf, BUFFER_LOCK_EXCLUSIVE);
-			if (building)
-			{
-				state = NULL;
-				page = BufferGetPage(buf);
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				state = GenericXLogStart(index);
-				page = GenericXLogRegisterBuffer(state, buf, 0);
-			}
-
-			/* Get tuple */
-			ntup = (HnswNeighborTuple) PageGetItem(page, PageGetItemId(page, offno));
-
-			/* Calculate index for update */
-			startIdx = (neighborElement->level - lc) * m;
-
-			/* Check for existing connection */
-			if (checkExisting && ConnectionExists(e, ntup, startIdx, lm))
-				idx = -1;
-			else if (idx == -2)
-			{
-				/* Find free offset if still exists */
-				/* TODO Retry updating connections if not */
-				for (int j = 0; j < lm; j++)
-				{
-					if (!ItemPointerIsValid(&ntup->indextids[startIdx + j]))
-					{
-						idx = startIdx + j;
-						break;
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			else
-				idx += startIdx;
-
-			/* Make robust to issues */
-			if (idx >= 0 && idx < ntup->count)
-			{
-				ItemPointer indextid = &ntup->indextids[idx];
-
-				/* Update neighbor on the buffer */
-				ItemPointerSet(indextid, e->blkno, e->offno);
-
-				/* Commit */
-				if (building)
-					MarkBufferDirty(buf);
-				else
-					GenericXLogFinish(state);
-			}
-			else if (!building)
-				GenericXLogAbort(state);
-
-			UnlockReleaseBuffer(buf);
+			UpdateNeighborOnDisk(neighborElement, e, idx, m, lm, lc, index, checkExisting, building);
 		}
 	}
 }