diff --git a/thrift/lib/cpp2/transport/rocket/PayloadUtils.h b/thrift/lib/cpp2/transport/rocket/PayloadUtils.h
index 762f416e6a8..256f0649da5 100644
--- a/thrift/lib/cpp2/transport/rocket/PayloadUtils.h
+++ b/thrift/lib/cpp2/transport/rocket/PayloadUtils.h
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ size_t unpackCompact(T& output, const folly::IOBuf* buffer) {
   return reader.getCursorPosition();
 }
 
+template <typename T>
+size_t unpackCompact(T& output, const folly::io::Cursor& cursor) {
+  CompactProtocolReader reader;
+  reader.setInput(cursor);
+  output.read(&reader);
+  return reader.getCursorPosition();
+}
+
 namespace detail {
 template <class PayloadType, bool uncompressPayload>
 inline PayloadType unpackPayload(rocket::Payload&& payload) {
diff --git a/thrift/lib/cpp2/transport/rocket/test/network/ClientServerTestUtil.cpp b/thrift/lib/cpp2/transport/rocket/test/network/ClientServerTestUtil.cpp
index 9d6ccdf0fb1..ddc5d187123 100644
--- a/thrift/lib/cpp2/transport/rocket/test/network/ClientServerTestUtil.cpp
+++ b/thrift/lib/cpp2/transport/rocket/test/network/ClientServerTestUtil.cpp
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@
 
 #include <thrift/lib/cpp2/async/ServerSinkBridge.h>
 #include <thrift/lib/cpp2/async/StreamCallbacks.h>
-#include <thrift/lib/cpp2/protocol/CompactProtocol.h>
 #include <thrift/lib/cpp2/protocol/Serializer.h>
 #include <thrift/lib/cpp2/transport/core/TryUtil.h>
+#include <thrift/lib/cpp2/transport/rocket/PayloadUtils.h>
 #include <thrift/lib/cpp2/transport/rocket/Types.h>
 #include <thrift/lib/cpp2/transport/rocket/client/RocketClient.h>
 #include <thrift/lib/cpp2/transport/rocket/framing/test/Util.h>
@@ -112,18 +112,16 @@ makeTestResponse(
 rocket::SetupFrame RocketTestClient::makeTestSetupFrame(
     MetadataOpaqueMap<std::string, std::string> md) {
   RequestSetupMetadata meta;
-  meta.opaque_ref() = {};
-  *meta.opaque_ref() = std::move(md);
-  meta.maxVersion_ref() = kClientVersion;
-  CompactProtocolWriter compactProtocolWriter;
-  folly::IOBufQueue paramQueue;
-  compactProtocolWriter.setOutput(&paramQueue);
-  meta.write(&compactProtocolWriter);
+  meta.opaque() = {};
+  *meta.opaque() = std::move(md);
+  meta.maxVersion() = kClientVersion;
+
+  auto serializedMeta = packCompact(std::move(meta));
 
   // Serialize RocketClient's major/minor version (which is separate from the
   // rsocket protocol major/minor version) into setup metadata.
   auto buf = folly::IOBuf::createCombined(
-      sizeof(int32_t) + meta.serializedSize(&compactProtocolWriter));
+      sizeof(int32_t) + serializedMeta->computeChainDataLength());
   folly::IOBufQueue queue;
   queue.append(std::move(buf));
   folly::io::QueueAppender appender(&queue, /* do not grow */ 0);
@@ -132,7 +130,7 @@ rocket::SetupFrame RocketTestClient::makeTestSetupFrame(
   appender.writeBE<uint16_t>(0); // Thrift RocketClient major version
   appender.writeBE<uint16_t>(1); // Thrift RocketClient minor version
   // Append serialized setup parameters to setup frame metadata
-  appender.insert(paramQueue.move());
+  appender.insert(std::move(serializedMeta));
   return rocket::SetupFrame(
       rocket::Payload::makeFromMetadataAndData(queue.move(), {}), false);
 }
@@ -380,21 +378,15 @@ class RocketTestServer::RocketTestServerHandler : public RocketServerHandler {
       cursor.retreat(4);
     }
     // Validate RequestSetupMetadata
-    CompactProtocolReader reader;
-    reader.setInput(cursor);
     RequestSetupMetadata meta;
-    meta.read(&reader);
-    EXPECT_EQ(reader.getCursorPosition(), frame.payload().metadataSize());
+    size_t unpackedSize = unpackCompact(meta, cursor);
+    EXPECT_EQ(unpackedSize, frame.payload().metadataSize());
     EXPECT_EQ(expectedSetupMetadata_, meta.opaque_ref().value_or({}));
     version_ = std::min(kServerVersion, meta.maxVersion_ref().value_or(0));
     ServerPushMetadata serverMeta;
     serverMeta.set_setupResponse();
     serverMeta.setupResponse_ref()->version_ref() = version_;
-    CompactProtocolWriter compactProtocolWriter;
-    folly::IOBufQueue queue;
-    compactProtocolWriter.setOutput(&queue);
-    serverMeta.write(&compactProtocolWriter);
-    connection.sendMetadataPush(std::move(queue).move());
+    connection.sendMetadataPush(packCompact(std::move(serverMeta)));
   }
 
   void handleRequestResponseFrame(
@@ -450,7 +442,7 @@ class RocketTestServer::RocketTestServerHandler : public RocketServerHandler {
       void onStreamCancel() override { delete this; }
 
       bool onSinkHeaders(HeadersPayload&& payload) override {
-        auto metadata_ref = payload.payload.otherMetadata_ref();
+        auto metadata_ref = payload.payload.otherMetadata();
         EXPECT_TRUE(metadata_ref);
         if (metadata_ref) {
           EXPECT_EQ(
@@ -508,8 +500,7 @@ class RocketTestServer::RocketTestServerHandler : public RocketServerHandler {
 
     for (size_t i = 1; i <= nHeaders; ++i) {
       HeadersPayloadContent header;
-      header.otherMetadata_ref() = {
-          {"expected_header", folly::to<std::string>(i)}};
+      header.otherMetadata() = {{"expected_header", folly::to<std::string>(i)}};
       auto alive = clientCallback->onStreamHeaders({std::move(header), {}});
       DCHECK(alive);
     }