diff --git a/libavformat/avc.c b/libavformat/avc.c
index 2fd5ac807b..e639ed5593 100644
--- a/libavformat/avc.c
+++ b/libavformat/avc.c
@@ -191,3 +191,20 @@ int ff_avc_write_annexb_extradata(const uint8_t *in, uint8_t **buf, int *size)
     *size = out_size;
     return 0;
 }
+
+const uint8_t *ff_avc_mp4_find_startcode(const uint8_t *start,
+                                         const uint8_t *end,
+                                         int nal_length_size)
+{
+    unsigned int res = 0;
+
+    if (end - start < nal_length_size)
+        return NULL;
+    while (nal_length_size--)
+        res = (res << 8) | *start++;
+
+    if (res > end - start)
+        return NULL;
+
+    return start + res;
+}
diff --git a/libavformat/avc.h b/libavformat/avc.h
index 579756ec0f..2442e5fff6 100644
--- a/libavformat/avc.h
+++ b/libavformat/avc.h
@@ -30,5 +30,8 @@ int ff_avc_parse_nal_units_buf(const uint8_t *buf_in, uint8_t **buf, int *size);
 int ff_isom_write_avcc(AVIOContext *pb, const uint8_t *data, int len);
 const uint8_t *ff_avc_find_startcode(const uint8_t *p, const uint8_t *end);
 int ff_avc_write_annexb_extradata(const uint8_t *in, uint8_t **buf, int *size);
+const uint8_t *ff_avc_mp4_find_startcode(const uint8_t *start,
+                                         const uint8_t *end,
+                                         int nal_length_size);
 
 #endif /* AVFORMAT_AVC_H */
diff --git a/libavformat/rtpenc_h264.c b/libavformat/rtpenc_h264.c
index 206d9bafa3..395c3a42e9 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtpenc_h264.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtpenc_h264.c
@@ -29,21 +29,6 @@
 #include "avc.h"
 #include "rtpenc.h"
 
-static const uint8_t *avc_mp4_find_startcode(const uint8_t *start, const uint8_t *end, int nal_length_size)
-{
-    unsigned int res = 0;
-
-    if (end - start < nal_length_size)
-        return NULL;
-    while (nal_length_size--)
-        res = (res << 8) | *start++;
-
-    if (res > end - start)
-        return NULL;
-
-    return start + res;
-}
-
 static void nal_send(AVFormatContext *s1, const uint8_t *buf, int size, int last)
 {
     RTPMuxContext *s = s1->priv_data;
@@ -88,14 +73,14 @@ void ff_rtp_send_h264(AVFormatContext *s1, const uint8_t *buf1, int size)
 
     s->timestamp = s->cur_timestamp;
     if (s->nal_length_size)
-        r = avc_mp4_find_startcode(buf1, end, s->nal_length_size) ? buf1 : end;
+        r = ff_avc_mp4_find_startcode(buf1, end, s->nal_length_size) ? buf1 : end;
     else
         r = ff_avc_find_startcode(buf1, end);
     while (r < end) {
         const uint8_t *r1;
 
         if (s->nal_length_size) {
-            r1 = avc_mp4_find_startcode(r, end, s->nal_length_size);
+            r1 = ff_avc_mp4_find_startcode(r, end, s->nal_length_size);
             if (!r1)
                 r1 = end;
             r += s->nal_length_size;