diff --git a/ffplay.c b/ffplay.c
index 2930234a99..0be7414356 100644
--- a/ffplay.c
+++ b/ffplay.c
@@ -785,6 +785,14 @@ static void blend_subrect(AVPicture *dst, const AVSubtitleRect *rect, int imgw,
     }
 }
 
+static void free_picture(VideoPicture *vp)
+{
+     if (vp->bmp) {
+         SDL_FreeYUVOverlay(vp->bmp);
+         vp->bmp = NULL;
+     }
+}
+
 static void free_subpicture(SubPicture *sp)
 {
     avsubtitle_free(&sp->sub);
@@ -1013,7 +1021,6 @@ static void video_audio_display(VideoState *s)
 
 static void stream_close(VideoState *is)
 {
-    VideoPicture *vp;
     int i;
     /* XXX: use a special url_shutdown call to abort parse cleanly */
     is->abort_request = 1;
@@ -1023,13 +1030,8 @@ static void stream_close(VideoState *is)
     packet_queue_destroy(&is->subtitleq);
 
     /* free all pictures */
-    for (i = 0; i < VIDEO_PICTURE_QUEUE_SIZE; i++) {
-        vp = &is->pictq[i];
-        if (vp->bmp) {
-            SDL_FreeYUVOverlay(vp->bmp);
-            vp->bmp = NULL;
-        }
-    }
+    for (i = 0; i < VIDEO_PICTURE_QUEUE_SIZE; i++)
+        free_picture(&is->pictq[i]);
     for (i = 0; i < SUBPICTURE_QUEUE_SIZE; i++)
         free_subpicture(&is->subpq[i]);
     SDL_DestroyMutex(is->pictq_mutex);
@@ -1505,8 +1507,7 @@ static void alloc_picture(VideoState *is)
 
     vp = &is->pictq[is->pictq_windex];
 
-    if (vp->bmp)
-        SDL_FreeYUVOverlay(vp->bmp);
+    free_picture(vp);
 
     video_open(is, 0, vp);