diff --git a/baseapp/block_gas_test.go b/baseapp/block_gas_test.go
index 443ebc4450..936d82ea58 100644
--- a/baseapp/block_gas_test.go
+++ b/baseapp/block_gas_test.go
@@ -175,11 +175,7 @@ func TestBaseApp_BlockGas(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			// check block gas is always consumed
 			baseGas := uint64(57504) // baseGas is the gas consumed before tx msg
-			expGasConsumed := addUint64Saturating(tc.gasToConsume, baseGas)
-			if expGasConsumed > uint64(simtestutil.DefaultConsensusParams.Block.MaxGas) {
-				// capped by gasLimit
-				expGasConsumed = uint64(simtestutil.DefaultConsensusParams.Block.MaxGas)
-			}
+			expGasConsumed := min(addUint64Saturating(tc.gasToConsume, baseGas), uint64(simtestutil.DefaultConsensusParams.Block.MaxGas))
 			require.Equal(t, int(expGasConsumed), int(ctx.BlockGasMeter().GasConsumed()))
 			// tx fee is always deducted
 			require.Equal(t, int64(0), bankKeeper.GetBalance(ctx, addr1, feeCoin.Denom).Amount.Int64())
diff --git a/client/utils.go b/client/utils.go
index 72e12e785f..08a1193464 100644
--- a/client/utils.go
+++ b/client/utils.go
@@ -35,11 +35,7 @@ func Paginate(numObjs, page, limit, defLimit int) (start, end int) {
 	}
 
 	start = (page - 1) * limit
-	end = limit + start
-
-	if end >= numObjs {
-		end = numObjs
-	}
+	end = min(limit+start, numObjs)
 
 	if start >= numObjs {
 		// page is out of bounds
diff --git a/x/distribution/client/cli/tx.go b/x/distribution/client/cli/tx.go
index 5773890288..a668117bc6 100644
--- a/x/distribution/client/cli/tx.go
+++ b/x/distribution/client/cli/tx.go
@@ -61,12 +61,7 @@ func newSplitAndApply(
 	// split messages into slices of length chunkSize
 	totalMessages := len(msgs)
 	for i := 0; i < len(msgs); i += chunkSize {
-
-		sliceEnd := i + chunkSize
-		if sliceEnd > totalMessages {
-			sliceEnd = totalMessages
-		}
-
+		sliceEnd := min(i+chunkSize, totalMessages)
 		msgChunk := msgs[i:sliceEnd]
 		if err := genOrBroadcastFn(clientCtx, fs, msgChunk...); err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/x/group/internal/orm/iterator_property_test.go b/x/group/internal/orm/iterator_property_test.go
index 25ba5343d0..42f089e8f2 100644
--- a/x/group/internal/orm/iterator_property_test.go
+++ b/x/group/internal/orm/iterator_property_test.go
@@ -36,10 +36,7 @@ func TestPaginationProperty(t *testing.T) {
 				CountTotal: false,
 				Reverse:    false,
 			}
-			end := offset + limit
-			if end > uint64(len(tableModels)) {
-				end = uint64(len(tableModels))
-			}
+			end := min(offset+limit, uint64(len(tableModels)))
 			dest := reconstructedTableModels[offset:end]
 			tableModelsIt := testTableModelIterator(tableModels, nil)
 			_, err := Paginate(tableModelsIt, pageRequest, &dest)
@@ -65,12 +62,7 @@ func TestPaginationProperty(t *testing.T) {
 				CountTotal: false,
 				Reverse:    false,
 			}
-
-			end := start + limit
-			if end > uint64(len(tableModels)) {
-				end = uint64(len(tableModels))
-			}
-
+			end := min(start+limit, uint64(len(tableModels)))
 			dest := reconstructedTableModels[start:end]
 			tableModelsIt := testTableModelIterator(tableModels, key)