diff --git a/src/rdo.c b/src/rdo.c
index 2594aad7..46780227 100644
--- a/src/rdo.c
+++ b/src/rdo.c
@@ -286,19 +286,7 @@ void  rdoq(encoder_control *encoder, coefficient *coef, coefficient *dest_coeff,
   int32_t  scalinglist_type= (block_type == CU_INTRA ? 0 : 3) + (int8_t)("\0\3\1\2"[type]);  
   int32_t  qp_base         = encoder->QP;
 
-  int32_t  qp_scaled;
-  int32_t  qp_offset = 0;
-
-  if(type == 0) {
-    qp_scaled = qp_base + qp_offset;
-  } else {
-    qp_scaled = CLIP(-qp_offset, 57, qp_base);
-    if(qp_scaled < 0) {
-      qp_scaled = qp_scaled + qp_offset;
-    } else {
-      qp_scaled = g_chroma_scale[qp_scaled] + qp_offset;
-    }
-  }
+  int32_t qp_scaled = get_scaled_qp(type, encoder->QP, 0);
 
   {
   int32_t q_bits = QUANT_SHIFT + qp_scaled/6 + transform_shift;
diff --git a/src/transform.c b/src/transform.c
index a31f96c2..e07b70fe 100644
--- a/src/transform.c
+++ b/src/transform.c
@@ -169,6 +169,25 @@ const int16_t g_inv_quant_scales[6]    = { 40,45,51,57,64,72 };
 // FUNCTIONS
 // 
 
+/**
+ * \brief Get scaled QP used in quantization
+ * 
+ */
+int32_t get_scaled_qp(int8_t type, int8_t qp, int8_t qp_offset)
+{
+  int32_t qp_scaled = 0;
+  if(type == 0) {
+    qp_scaled = qp + qp_offset;
+  } else {
+    qp_scaled = CLIP(-qp_offset, 57, qp);
+    if(qp_scaled < 0) {
+      qp_scaled = qp_scaled + qp_offset;
+    } else {
+      qp_scaled = g_chroma_scale[qp_scaled] + qp_offset;
+    }
+  }
+  return qp_scaled;
+}
 
 /**
  * \brief Initialize scaling lists
@@ -798,19 +817,8 @@ void quant(encoder_control *encoder, int16_t *coef, int16_t *q_coef, int32_t wid
   int32_t delta_u[LCU_WIDTH*LCU_WIDTH>>2];
   #endif
   int32_t qp_base = encoder->QP;
-
-  int32_t qp_scaled;
-  int32_t qp_offset = 0;
-  if(type == 0) {
-    qp_scaled = qp_base + qp_offset;
-  } else {
-    qp_scaled = CLIP(-qp_offset, 57, qp_base);
-    if(qp_scaled < 0) {
-      qp_scaled = qp_scaled + qp_offset;
-    } else {
-      qp_scaled = g_chroma_scale[qp_scaled] + qp_offset;
-    }
-  }
+  
+  int32_t qp_scaled = get_scaled_qp(type, encoder->QP, 0);
 
   //New block for variable definitions
   {
@@ -937,19 +945,9 @@ void dequant(encoder_control *encoder, int16_t *q_coef, int16_t *coef, int32_t w
   int32_t shift,add,coeff_q,clip_q_coef;
   int32_t n;
   int32_t transform_shift = 15 - g_bitdepth - (g_convert_to_bit[ width ] + 2);
-  int32_t qp_scaled;
   int32_t qp_base = encoder->QP;
 
-  if (type == 0) {
-    qp_scaled = qp_base;
-  } else {
-    qp_scaled = CLIP( 0, 57, qp_base);
-    if (qp_scaled < 0) {
-      qp_scaled = qp_scaled;
-    } else {
-      qp_scaled = g_chroma_scale[qp_scaled];
-    }
-  }
+  int32_t qp_scaled = get_scaled_qp(type, encoder->QP, 0);
   
   shift = 20 - QUANT_SHIFT - transform_shift;
 
diff --git a/src/transform.h b/src/transform.h
index c4035e2e..888bf8eb 100644
--- a/src/transform.h
+++ b/src/transform.h
@@ -68,4 +68,6 @@ void scalinglist_destroy();
 int32_t *scalinglist_get_default(uint32_t size_id, uint32_t list_id);
 int scalinglist_parse(FILE *fp);
 
+int32_t get_scaled_qp(int8_t type, int8_t qp, int8_t qp_offset);
+
 #endif