diff --git a/pkg/routing/selector/cpuload.go b/pkg/routing/selector/cpuload.go
index f84b4a3ce..3c31236f1 100644
--- a/pkg/routing/selector/cpuload.go
+++ b/pkg/routing/selector/cpuload.go
@@ -27,21 +27,13 @@ type CPULoadSelector struct {
 }
 
 func (s *CPULoadSelector) filterNodes(nodes []*livekit.Node) ([]*livekit.Node, error) {
-	nodes = GetAvailableNodes(nodes)
-	if len(nodes) == 0 {
-		return nil, ErrNoAvailableNodes
+	nodes, err := FilterNodesByCriteria(nodes, s.CPULoadLimit, func(node *livekit.Node) float32 {
+		return node.Stats.CpuLoad
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	nodesLowLoad := make([]*livekit.Node, 0)
-	for _, node := range nodes {
-		stats := node.Stats
-		if stats.CpuLoad < s.CPULoadLimit {
-			nodesLowLoad = append(nodesLowLoad, node)
-		}
-	}
-	if len(nodesLowLoad) > 0 {
-		nodes = nodesLowLoad
-	}
 	return nodes, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/routing/selector/nodesfilter.go b/pkg/routing/selector/nodesfilter.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3dd49d3b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/routing/selector/nodesfilter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package selector
+
+import "github.com/livekit/protocol/livekit"
+
+func FilterNodesByCriteria(nodes []*livekit.Node, criteriaThreshold float32, calculateCriteriaFunc func(*livekit.Node) float32) ([]*livekit.Node, error) {
+	nodes = GetAvailableNodes(nodes)
+	if len(nodes) == 0 {
+		return nil, ErrNoAvailableNodes
+	}
+
+	filteredNodes := make([]*livekit.Node, 0)
+	for _, node := range nodes {
+		if calculateCriteriaFunc(node) < criteriaThreshold {
+			filteredNodes = append(filteredNodes, node)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(filteredNodes) > 0 {
+		nodes = filteredNodes
+	}
+	return nodes, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/routing/selector/sysload.go b/pkg/routing/selector/sysload.go
index 285fca493..88af4a19c 100644
--- a/pkg/routing/selector/sysload.go
+++ b/pkg/routing/selector/sysload.go
@@ -27,20 +27,11 @@ type SystemLoadSelector struct {
 }
 
 func (s *SystemLoadSelector) filterNodes(nodes []*livekit.Node) ([]*livekit.Node, error) {
-	nodes = GetAvailableNodes(nodes)
-	if len(nodes) == 0 {
-		return nil, ErrNoAvailableNodes
+	nodes, err := FilterNodesByCriteria(nodes, s.SysloadLimit, GetNodeSysload)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	nodesLowLoad := make([]*livekit.Node, 0)
-	for _, node := range nodes {
-		if GetNodeSysload(node) < s.SysloadLimit {
-			nodesLowLoad = append(nodesLowLoad, node)
-		}
-	}
-	if len(nodesLowLoad) > 0 {
-		nodes = nodesLowLoad
-	}
 	return nodes, nil
 }