diff --git a/libavformat/avio.c b/libavformat/avio.c
index 4f56286f8d..568f6885df 100644
--- a/libavformat/avio.c
+++ b/libavformat/avio.c
@@ -188,6 +188,10 @@ int url_read_complete(URLContext *h, unsigned char *buf, int size)
 {
     return ffurl_read_complete(h, buf, size);
 }
+int url_write(URLContext *h, const unsigned char *buf, int size)
+{
+    return ffurl_write(h, buf, size);
+}
 #endif
 
 #define URL_SCHEME_CHARS                        \
@@ -280,7 +284,7 @@ int ffurl_read_complete(URLContext *h, unsigned char *buf, int size)
     return retry_transfer_wrapper(h, buf, size, size, h->prot->url_read);
 }
 
-int url_write(URLContext *h, const unsigned char *buf, int size)
+int ffurl_write(URLContext *h, const unsigned char *buf, int size)
 {
     if (!(h->flags & (URL_WRONLY | URL_RDWR)))
         return AVERROR(EIO);
diff --git a/libavformat/avio.h b/libavformat/avio.h
index 2b1c6ff913..41b3cafbd2 100644
--- a/libavformat/avio.h
+++ b/libavformat/avio.h
@@ -107,16 +107,9 @@ attribute_deprecated int url_connect(URLContext *h);
 attribute_deprecated int url_open(URLContext **h, const char *url, int flags);
 attribute_deprecated int url_read(URLContext *h, unsigned char *buf, int size);
 attribute_deprecated int url_read_complete(URLContext *h, unsigned char *buf, int size);
+attribute_deprecated int url_write(URLContext *h, const unsigned char *buf, int size);
 #endif
 
-/**
- * Write size bytes from buf to the resource accessed by h.
- *
- * @return the number of bytes actually written, or a negative value
- * corresponding to an AVERROR code in case of failure
- */
-int url_write(URLContext *h, const unsigned char *buf, int size);
-
 /**
  * Passing this as the "whence" parameter to a seek function causes it to
  * return the filesize without seeking anywhere. Supporting this is optional.
diff --git a/libavformat/aviobuf.c b/libavformat/aviobuf.c
index a8c59b7cc8..c7bdec8492 100644
--- a/libavformat/aviobuf.c
+++ b/libavformat/aviobuf.c
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ int ffio_fdopen(AVIOContext **s, URLContext *h)
 
     if (ffio_init_context(*s, buffer, buffer_size,
                       (h->flags & URL_WRONLY || h->flags & URL_RDWR), h,
-                      ffurl_read, url_write, url_seek) < 0) {
+                      ffurl_read, ffurl_write, url_seek) < 0) {
         av_free(buffer);
         av_freep(s);
         return AVERROR(EIO);
diff --git a/libavformat/gopher.c b/libavformat/gopher.c
index 53f7617fb1..c4c895df73 100644
--- a/libavformat/gopher.c
+++ b/libavformat/gopher.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ typedef struct {
 static int gopher_write(URLContext *h, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
 {
     GopherContext *s = h->priv_data;
-    return url_write(s->hd, buf, size);
+    return ffurl_write(s->hd, buf, size);
 }
 
 static int gopher_connect(URLContext *h, const char *path)
diff --git a/libavformat/http.c b/libavformat/http.c
index 2bd223891e..61ae3f438c 100644
--- a/libavformat/http.c
+++ b/libavformat/http.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ static int http_connect(URLContext *h, const char *path, const char *hoststr,
              authstr ? authstr : "");
 
     av_freep(&authstr);
-    if (url_write(s->hd, s->buffer, strlen(s->buffer)) < 0)
+    if (ffurl_write(s->hd, s->buffer, strlen(s->buffer)) < 0)
         return AVERROR(EIO);
 
     /* init input buffer */
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ static int http_write(URLContext *h, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
 
     if (s->chunksize == -1) {
         /* non-chunked data is sent without any special encoding */
-        return url_write(s->hd, buf, size);
+        return ffurl_write(s->hd, buf, size);
     }
 
     /* silently ignore zero-size data since chunk encoding that would
@@ -436,9 +436,9 @@ static int http_write(URLContext *h, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
         /* upload data using chunked encoding */
         snprintf(temp, sizeof(temp), "%x\r\n", size);
 
-        if ((ret = url_write(s->hd, temp, strlen(temp))) < 0 ||
-            (ret = url_write(s->hd, buf, size)) < 0 ||
-            (ret = url_write(s->hd, crlf, sizeof(crlf) - 1)) < 0)
+        if ((ret = ffurl_write(s->hd, temp, strlen(temp))) < 0 ||
+            (ret = ffurl_write(s->hd, buf, size)) < 0 ||
+            (ret = ffurl_write(s->hd, crlf, sizeof(crlf) - 1)) < 0)
             return ret;
     }
     return size;
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ static int http_close(URLContext *h)
 
     /* signal end of chunked encoding if used */
     if ((h->flags & URL_WRONLY) && s->chunksize != -1) {
-        ret = url_write(s->hd, footer, sizeof(footer) - 1);
+        ret = ffurl_write(s->hd, footer, sizeof(footer) - 1);
         ret = ret > 0 ? 0 : ret;
     }
 
diff --git a/libavformat/md5proto.c b/libavformat/md5proto.c
index 23815095d1..ae3e96de72 100644
--- a/libavformat/md5proto.c
+++ b/libavformat/md5proto.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static int md5_close(URLContext *h)
         err = ffurl_open(&out, filename, URL_WRONLY);
         if (err)
             return err;
-        err = url_write(out, buf, i*2+1);
+        err = ffurl_write(out, buf, i*2+1);
         url_close(out);
     } else {
         if (fwrite(buf, 1, i*2+1, stdout) < i*2+1)
diff --git a/libavformat/mmst.c b/libavformat/mmst.c
index d28a6ca6a8..b843b6472b 100644
--- a/libavformat/mmst.c
+++ b/libavformat/mmst.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ static int send_command_packet(MMSTContext *mmst)
     memset(mms->write_out_ptr, 0, exact_length - len);
 
     // write it out.
-    write_result= url_write(mms->mms_hd, mms->out_buffer, exact_length);
+    write_result= ffurl_write(mms->mms_hd, mms->out_buffer, exact_length);
     if(write_result != exact_length) {
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR,
                "Failed to write data of length %d: %d (%s)\n",
diff --git a/libavformat/rtmppkt.c b/libavformat/rtmppkt.c
index ca2ce09ff9..63b0628799 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtmppkt.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtmppkt.c
@@ -215,15 +215,15 @@ int ff_rtmp_packet_write(URLContext *h, RTMPPacket *pkt,
     }
     prev_pkt[pkt->channel_id].extra      = pkt->extra;
 
-    url_write(h, pkt_hdr, p-pkt_hdr);
+    ffurl_write(h, pkt_hdr, p-pkt_hdr);
     size = p - pkt_hdr + pkt->data_size;
     while (off < pkt->data_size) {
         int towrite = FFMIN(chunk_size, pkt->data_size - off);
-        url_write(h, pkt->data + off, towrite);
+        ffurl_write(h, pkt->data + off, towrite);
         off += towrite;
         if (off < pkt->data_size) {
             uint8_t marker = 0xC0 | pkt->channel_id;
-            url_write(h, &marker, 1);
+            ffurl_write(h, &marker, 1);
             size++;
         }
     }
diff --git a/libavformat/rtmpproto.c b/libavformat/rtmpproto.c
index 0d1bc8e196..98babcfc3b 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtmpproto.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtmpproto.c
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ static int rtmp_handshake(URLContext *s, RTMPContext *rt)
         tosend[i] = av_lfg_get(&rnd) >> 24;
     client_pos = rtmp_handshake_imprint_with_digest(tosend + 1);
 
-    url_write(rt->stream, tosend, RTMP_HANDSHAKE_PACKET_SIZE + 1);
+    ffurl_write(rt->stream, tosend, RTMP_HANDSHAKE_PACKET_SIZE + 1);
     i = ffurl_read_complete(rt->stream, serverdata, RTMP_HANDSHAKE_PACKET_SIZE + 1);
     if (i != RTMP_HANDSHAKE_PACKET_SIZE + 1) {
         av_log(LOG_CONTEXT, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot read RTMP handshake response\n");
@@ -532,9 +532,9 @@ static int rtmp_handshake(URLContext *s, RTMPContext *rt)
                          tosend + RTMP_HANDSHAKE_PACKET_SIZE - 32);
 
         // write reply back to the server
-        url_write(rt->stream, tosend, RTMP_HANDSHAKE_PACKET_SIZE);
+        ffurl_write(rt->stream, tosend, RTMP_HANDSHAKE_PACKET_SIZE);
     } else {
-        url_write(rt->stream, serverdata+1, RTMP_HANDSHAKE_PACKET_SIZE);
+        ffurl_write(rt->stream, serverdata+1, RTMP_HANDSHAKE_PACKET_SIZE);
     }
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/libavformat/rtpdec.c b/libavformat/rtpdec.c
index 281f51c443..43305a30c7 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtpdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtpdec.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "libavcodec/get_bits.h"
 #include "avformat.h"
 #include "mpegts.h"
+#include "url.h"
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <strings.h>
@@ -325,8 +326,8 @@ int rtp_check_and_send_back_rr(RTPDemuxContext *s, int count)
     if ((len > 0) && buf) {
         int result;
         av_dlog(s->ic, "sending %d bytes of RR\n", len);
-        result= url_write(s->rtp_ctx, buf, len);
-        av_dlog(s->ic, "result from url_write: %d\n", result);
+        result= ffurl_write(s->rtp_ctx, buf, len);
+        av_dlog(s->ic, "result from ffurl_write: %d\n", result);
         av_free(buf);
     }
     return 0;
@@ -351,7 +352,7 @@ void rtp_send_punch_packets(URLContext* rtp_handle)
     avio_flush(pb);
     len = avio_close_dyn_buf(pb, &buf);
     if ((len > 0) && buf)
-        url_write(rtp_handle, buf, len);
+        ffurl_write(rtp_handle, buf, len);
     av_free(buf);
 
     /* Send a minimal RTCP RR */
@@ -366,7 +367,7 @@ void rtp_send_punch_packets(URLContext* rtp_handle)
     avio_flush(pb);
     len = avio_close_dyn_buf(pb, &buf);
     if ((len > 0) && buf)
-        url_write(rtp_handle, buf, len);
+        ffurl_write(rtp_handle, buf, len);
     av_free(buf);
 }
 
diff --git a/libavformat/rtpproto.c b/libavformat/rtpproto.c
index 1691f3cb48..22e59859d3 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtpproto.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtpproto.c
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ static int rtp_write(URLContext *h, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
         hd = s->rtp_hd;
     }
 
-    ret = url_write(hd, buf, size);
+    ret = ffurl_write(hd, buf, size);
 #if 0
     {
         struct timespec ts;
diff --git a/libavformat/rtsp.c b/libavformat/rtsp.c
index 15999b8617..caa66c60cc 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtsp.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtsp.c
@@ -983,14 +983,14 @@ static int ff_rtsp_send_cmd_with_content_async(AVFormatContext *s,
 
     av_dlog(s, "Sending:\n%s--\n", buf);
 
-    url_write(rt->rtsp_hd_out, out_buf, strlen(out_buf));
+    ffurl_write(rt->rtsp_hd_out, out_buf, strlen(out_buf));
     if (send_content_length > 0 && send_content) {
         if (rt->control_transport == RTSP_MODE_TUNNEL) {
             av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "tunneling of RTSP requests "
                                     "with content data not supported\n");
             return AVERROR_PATCHWELCOME;
         }
-        url_write(rt->rtsp_hd_out, send_content, send_content_length);
+        ffurl_write(rt->rtsp_hd_out, send_content, send_content_length);
     }
     rt->last_cmd_time = av_gettime();
 
diff --git a/libavformat/rtspenc.c b/libavformat/rtspenc.c
index 7f52b1fdb1..b4b26204f9 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtspenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtspenc.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "avio_internal.h"
 #include "libavutil/intreadwrite.h"
 #include "libavutil/avstring.h"
+#include "url.h"
 
 #define SDP_MAX_SIZE 16384
 
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ static int tcp_write_packet(AVFormatContext *s, RTSPStream *rtsp_st)
         interleave_header[0] = '$';
         interleave_header[1] = id;
         AV_WB16(interleave_header + 2, packet_len);
-        url_write(rt->rtsp_hd_out, interleaved_packet, 4 + packet_len);
+        ffurl_write(rt->rtsp_hd_out, interleaved_packet, 4 + packet_len);
         ptr += packet_len;
         size -= packet_len;
     }
diff --git a/libavformat/sapenc.c b/libavformat/sapenc.c
index c811d2f001..25354208b7 100644
--- a/libavformat/sapenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/sapenc.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static int sap_write_close(AVFormatContext *s)
 
     if (sap->last_time && sap->ann && sap->ann_fd) {
         sap->ann[0] |= 4; /* Session deletion*/
-        url_write(sap->ann_fd, sap->ann, sap->ann_size);
+        ffurl_write(sap->ann_fd, sap->ann, sap->ann_size);
     }
 
     av_freep(&sap->ann);
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ static int sap_write_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt)
     int64_t now = av_gettime();
 
     if (!sap->last_time || now - sap->last_time > 5000000) {
-        int ret = url_write(sap->ann_fd, sap->ann, sap->ann_size);
+        int ret = ffurl_write(sap->ann_fd, sap->ann, sap->ann_size);
         /* Don't abort even if we get "Destination unreachable" */
         if (ret < 0 && ret != AVERROR(ECONNREFUSED))
             return ret;
diff --git a/libavformat/url.h b/libavformat/url.h
index 8d1a7f702c..45bf8c9397 100644
--- a/libavformat/url.h
+++ b/libavformat/url.h
@@ -78,4 +78,12 @@ int ffurl_read(URLContext *h, unsigned char *buf, int size);
  */
 int ffurl_read_complete(URLContext *h, unsigned char *buf, int size);
 
+/**
+ * Write size bytes from buf to the resource accessed by h.
+ *
+ * @return the number of bytes actually written, or a negative value
+ * corresponding to an AVERROR code in case of failure
+ */
+int ffurl_write(URLContext *h, const unsigned char *buf, int size);
+
 #endif //AVFORMAT_URL_H