diff --git a/src/telegram/bot/delivery.ts b/src/telegram/bot/delivery.ts
index a70e554f38d..4e4fe670601 100644
--- a/src/telegram/bot/delivery.ts
+++ b/src/telegram/bot/delivery.ts
@@ -309,6 +309,16 @@ export async function resolveMedia(
   stickerMetadata?: StickerMetadata;
 } | null> {
   const msg = ctx.message;
+  const downloadAndSaveTelegramFile = async (filePath: string, fetchImpl: typeof fetch) => {
+    const url = `https://api.telegram.org/file/bot${token}/${filePath}`;
+    const fetched = await fetchRemoteMedia({
+      url,
+      fetchImpl,
+      filePathHint: filePath,
+    });
+    const originalName = fetched.fileName ?? filePath;
+    return saveMediaBuffer(fetched.buffer, fetched.contentType, "inbound", maxBytes, originalName);
+  };
 
   // Handle stickers separately - only static stickers (WEBP) are supported
   if (msg.sticker) {
@@ -333,20 +343,7 @@ export async function resolveMedia(
         logVerbose("telegram: fetch not available for sticker download");
         return null;
       }
-      const url = `https://api.telegram.org/file/bot${token}/${file.file_path}`;
-      const fetched = await fetchRemoteMedia({
-        url,
-        fetchImpl,
-        filePathHint: file.file_path,
-      });
-      const originalName = fetched.fileName ?? file.file_path;
-      const saved = await saveMediaBuffer(
-        fetched.buffer,
-        fetched.contentType,
-        "inbound",
-        maxBytes,
-        originalName,
-      );
+      const saved = await downloadAndSaveTelegramFile(file.file_path, fetchImpl);
 
       // Check sticker cache for existing description
       const cached = sticker.file_unique_id ? getCachedSticker(sticker.file_unique_id) : null;
@@ -431,20 +428,7 @@ export async function resolveMedia(
   if (!fetchImpl) {
     throw new Error("fetch is not available; set channels.telegram.proxy in config");
   }
-  const url = `https://api.telegram.org/file/bot${token}/${file.file_path}`;
-  const fetched = await fetchRemoteMedia({
-    url,
-    fetchImpl,
-    filePathHint: file.file_path,
-  });
-  const originalName = fetched.fileName ?? file.file_path;
-  const saved = await saveMediaBuffer(
-    fetched.buffer,
-    fetched.contentType,
-    "inbound",
-    maxBytes,
-    originalName,
-  );
+  const saved = await downloadAndSaveTelegramFile(file.file_path, fetchImpl);
   let placeholder = "<media:document>";
   if (msg.photo) {
     placeholder = "<media:image>";