diff --git a/browser/page_mapping.go b/browser/page_mapping.go
index da22b8b2e..1b202fcae 100644
--- a/browser/page_mapping.go
+++ b/browser/page_mapping.go
@@ -135,12 +135,7 @@ func mapPage(vu moduleVU, p *common.Page) mapping { //nolint:gocognit,cyclop
 			})
 		},
 		"goto": func(url string, opts sobek.Value) (*sobek.Promise, error) {
-			bp := vu.breakpointRegistry
-			pos := getCurrentLineNumber(vu)
-			if bp.matches(pos) {
-				time.AfterFunc(5*time.Second, func() { bp.resume(pos) })
-				bp.pause(pos)
-			}
+			pauseOnBreakpoint(vu)
 
 			gopts := common.NewFrameGotoOptions(
 				p.Referrer(),
diff --git a/browser/registry.go b/browser/registry.go
index c004d90c5..b0698948a 100644
--- a/browser/registry.go
+++ b/browser/registry.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/mstoykov/k6-taskqueue-lib/taskqueue"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
@@ -76,20 +77,37 @@ func (b *breakpointRegistry) matches(p position) bool {
 }
 
 // pause pauses the script execution.
-func (b *breakpointRegistry) pause(p position) {
+func (b *breakpointRegistry) pause() {
 	c := make(chan struct{})
 	b.pauser <- c
-	fmt.Println("pausing at", p.Filename, p.Line)
 	<-c
 }
 
 // resume resumes the script execution
-func (b *breakpointRegistry) resume(p position) {
+func (b *breakpointRegistry) resume() {
 	c := <-b.pauser
-	fmt.Println("resuming at", p.Filename, p.Line)
 	close(c)
 }
 
+// pauseOnBreakpoint is a helper that pauses the script execution
+// when a breakpoint is hit in the script.
+func pauseOnBreakpoint(vu moduleVU) {
+	bp := vu.breakpointRegistry
+
+	pos := getCurrentLineNumber(vu)
+	if !bp.matches(pos) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	time.AfterFunc(5*time.Second, func() {
+		fmt.Println("resuming at", pos.Filename, pos.Line)
+		bp.resume()
+	})
+
+	fmt.Println("pausing at", pos.Filename, pos.Line)
+	bp.pause()
+}
+
 // pidRegistry keeps track of the launched browser process IDs.
 type pidRegistry struct {
 	mu  sync.RWMutex