diff --git a/include/libcamera/internal/egl.h b/include/libcamera/internal/egl.h
index 9b679332c..e4d366abd 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/internal/egl.h
+++ b/include/libcamera/internal/egl.h
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ public:
 	void createOutputTexture2D(eGLImage &eglImage);
 
 	int attachTextureToFBO(eGLImage &eglImage);
+	void activateBindTexture(eGLImage &eglImage);
 
 	void pushEnv(std::vector<std::string> &shaderEnv, const char *str);
 	void makeCurrent();
diff --git a/src/libcamera/egl.cpp b/src/libcamera/egl.cpp
index 22f46e92a..4eabddcc7 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/egl.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/egl.cpp
@@ -138,6 +138,23 @@ int eGL::attachTextureToFBO(eGLImage &eglImage)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/**
+ * \brief Activate a texture unit and bind a texture to that unit
+ * \param[in,out] eglImage EGL image containing data related to unit and texture id
+ *
+ * When we create a texture we will bind a texture unit and texture id so
+ * we can set filters. For the case where a texture already exists thought
+ * we need to activate and bind an existing texture. This helper function
+ * facilitates both cases.
+ *
+ */
+void eGL::activateBindTexture(eGLImage &eglImage)
+{
+	// Bind texture unit and texture
+	glActiveTexture(eglImage.texture_unit_);
+	glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, eglImage.texture_);
+}
+
 /**
  * \brief Create a DMA-BUF backed 2D texture
  * \param[in,out] eglImage EGL image to associate with the DMA-BUF
@@ -197,9 +214,7 @@ int eGL::createDMABufTexture2D(eGLImage &eglImage, int fd, bool output)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	// Bind texture unit and texture
-	glActiveTexture(eglImage.texture_unit_);
-	glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, eglImage.texture_);
+	activateBindTexture(eglImage);
 
 	// Generate texture with filter semantics
 	glEGLImageTargetTexture2DOES(GL_TEXTURE_2D, image);
@@ -270,8 +285,7 @@ void eGL::createTexture2D(eGLImage &eglImage, void *data)
 {
 	ASSERT(tid_ == Thread::currentId());
 
-	glActiveTexture(eglImage.texture_unit_);
-	glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, eglImage.texture_);
+	activateBindTexture(eglImage);
 
 	// Generate texture, bind, associate image to texture, configure, unbind
 	glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, eglImage.format_, eglImage.width_, eglImage.height_, 0, eglImage.format_, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, data);