diff --git a/testing/marionette/actors/MarionetteEventsParent.jsm b/testing/marionette/actors/MarionetteEventsParent.jsm
index 944898274b4b..5df3f574baae 100644
--- a/testing/marionette/actors/MarionetteEventsParent.jsm
+++ b/testing/marionette/actors/MarionetteEventsParent.jsm
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@
 
 ("use strict");
 
-const EXPORTED_SYMBOLS = ["EventDispatcher", "MarionetteEventsParent"];
+const EXPORTED_SYMBOLS = [
+  "EventDispatcher",
+  "MarionetteEventsParent",
+  "registerEventsActor",
+  "unregisterEventsActor",
+];
 
 const { XPCOMUtils } = ChromeUtils.import(
   "resource://gre/modules/XPCOMUtils.jsm"
@@ -36,3 +41,36 @@ class MarionetteEventsParent extends JSWindowActorParent {
     return rv;
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Register Events actors to listen for page load events via EventDispatcher.
+ */
+function registerEventsActor() {
+  // Register the JSWindowActor pair for events as used by Marionette
+  ChromeUtils.registerWindowActor("MarionetteEvents", {
+    kind: "JSWindowActor",
+    parent: {
+      moduleURI:
+        "chrome://marionette/content/actors/MarionetteEventsParent.jsm",
+    },
+    child: {
+      moduleURI: "chrome://marionette/content/actors/MarionetteEventsChild.jsm",
+      events: {
+        beforeunload: { capture: true },
+        DOMContentLoaded: { mozSystemGroup: true },
+        hashchange: { mozSystemGroup: true },
+        pagehide: { mozSystemGroup: true },
+        pageshow: { mozSystemGroup: true },
+        // popstate doesn't bubble, as such use capturing phase
+        popstate: { capture: true, mozSystemGroup: true },
+      },
+    },
+
+    allFrames: true,
+    includeChrome: true,
+  });
+}
+
+function unregisterEventsActor() {
+  ChromeUtils.unregisterWindowActor("MarionetteEvents");
+}
diff --git a/testing/marionette/navigate.js b/testing/marionette/navigate.js
index d70b6834fab2..5daecae9193c 100644
--- a/testing/marionette/navigate.js
+++ b/testing/marionette/navigate.js
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@ XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetters(this, {
   MarionettePrefs: "chrome://marionette/content/prefs.js",
   modal: "chrome://marionette/content/modal.js",
   PageLoadStrategy: "chrome://marionette/content/capabilities.js",
+  registerEventsActor:
+    "chrome://marionette/content/actors/MarionetteEventsParent.jsm",
   TimedPromise: "chrome://marionette/content/sync.js",
   truncate: "chrome://marionette/content/format.js",
+  unregisterEventsActor:
+    "chrome://marionette/content/actors/MarionetteEventsParent.jsm",
 });
 
 XPCOMUtils.defineLazyGetter(this, "logger", () => Log.get());
@@ -330,30 +334,7 @@ navigate.waitForNavigationCompleted = async function waitForNavigationCompleted(
 
   if (MarionettePrefs.useActors) {
     // Register the JSWindowActor pair for events as used by Marionette
-    ChromeUtils.registerWindowActor("MarionetteEvents", {
-      kind: "JSWindowActor",
-      parent: {
-        moduleURI:
-          "chrome://marionette/content/actors/MarionetteEventsParent.jsm",
-      },
-      child: {
-        moduleURI:
-          "chrome://marionette/content/actors/MarionetteEventsChild.jsm",
-        events: {
-          beforeunload: { capture: true },
-          DOMContentLoaded: { mozSystemGroup: true },
-          hashchange: { mozSystemGroup: true },
-          pagehide: { mozSystemGroup: true },
-          pageshow: { mozSystemGroup: true },
-          // popstate doesn't bubble, as such use capturing phase
-          popstate: { capture: true, mozSystemGroup: true },
-        },
-      },
-
-      allFrames: true,
-      includeChrome: true,
-    });
-
+    registerEventsActor();
     EventDispatcher.on("page-load", onNavigation);
   } else {
     driver.mm.addMessageListener(
@@ -406,7 +387,7 @@ navigate.waitForNavigationCompleted = async function waitForNavigationCompleted(
 
     if (MarionettePrefs.useActors) {
       EventDispatcher.off("page-load", onNavigation);
-      ChromeUtils.unregisterWindowActor("MarionetteEvents");
+      unregisterEventsActor();
     } else {
       driver.mm.removeMessageListener(
         "Marionette:NavigationEvent",