diff --git a/ui/console.c b/ui/console.c
index c2fdf975b6..2de5f4105b 100644
--- a/ui/console.c
+++ b/ui/console.c
@@ -1386,26 +1386,18 @@ static QemuConsole *new_console(DisplayState *ds, console_type_t console_type,
     return s;
 }
 
-static void qemu_alloc_display(DisplaySurface *surface, int width, int height)
-{
-    qemu_pixman_image_unref(surface->image);
-    surface->image = NULL;
-
-    surface->format = PIXMAN_x8r8g8b8;
-    surface->image = pixman_image_create_bits(surface->format,
-                                              width, height,
-                                              NULL, width * 4);
-    assert(surface->image != NULL);
-
-    surface->flags = QEMU_ALLOCATED_FLAG;
-}
-
 DisplaySurface *qemu_create_displaysurface(int width, int height)
 {
     DisplaySurface *surface = g_new0(DisplaySurface, 1);
 
     trace_displaysurface_create(surface, width, height);
-    qemu_alloc_display(surface, width, height);
+    surface->format = PIXMAN_x8r8g8b8;
+    surface->image = pixman_image_create_bits(surface->format,
+                                              width, height,
+                                              NULL, width * 4);
+    assert(surface->image != NULL);
+    surface->flags = QEMU_ALLOCATED_FLAG;
+
     return surface;
 }