diff --git a/ext/dash/gstmpdparser.c b/ext/dash/gstmpdparser.c
index 672c23cf12..de9017be65 100644
--- a/ext/dash/gstmpdparser.c
+++ b/ext/dash/gstmpdparser.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ static void gst_mpdparser_parse_root_node (GstMpdClient * client, xmlNode *a_nod
 static gint convert_to_millisecs (gint decimals, gint pos);
 static int strncmp_ext (const char *s1, const char *s2);
 static gchar *gst_mpdparser_parse_baseURL (GstMpdClient * client);
+static gchar *gst_mpdparser_get_segmentURL_for_range (gchar *url, GstRange *range);
 static gchar *gst_mpdparser_get_mediaURL (GstSegmentURLNode *segmentURL);
 static gchar *gst_mpdparser_get_initializationURL (GstURLType *InitializationURL);
 static gchar *gst_mpdparser_build_URL_from_template (const gchar *url_template, const gchar *id, guint number, guint bandwidth, guint time);
@@ -2183,44 +2184,39 @@ gst_mpdparser_free_active_stream (GstActiveStream * active_stream)
   }
 }
 
+static gchar *
+gst_mpdparser_get_segmentURL_for_range (gchar *url, GstRange *range)
+{
+  gchar *segmentURL;
+
+  if (range) {
+    gchar *range_suffix;
+    range_suffix = g_strdup_printf ("?range=%llu-%llu", range->first_byte_pos, range->last_byte_pos);
+    segmentURL = g_strconcat (url, range_suffix, NULL);
+    g_free (range_suffix);
+  } else {
+    segmentURL = g_strdup (url);
+  }
+
+  return segmentURL;
+}
+
 static gchar *
 gst_mpdparser_get_mediaURL (GstSegmentURLNode *segmentURL)
 {
-  gchar *mediaURL;
-
   g_return_val_if_fail (segmentURL != NULL, NULL);
   g_return_val_if_fail (segmentURL->media != NULL, NULL);
 
-  if (segmentURL->mediaRange) {
-    gchar *range;
-    range = g_strdup_printf ("?range=%llu-%llu", segmentURL->mediaRange->first_byte_pos, segmentURL->mediaRange->last_byte_pos);
-    mediaURL = g_strconcat (segmentURL->media, range, NULL);
-    g_free (range);
-  } else {
-    mediaURL = g_strdup (segmentURL->media);
-  }
-
-  return mediaURL;
+  return gst_mpdparser_get_segmentURL_for_range(segmentURL->media, segmentURL->mediaRange);
 }
 
 static gchar *
 gst_mpdparser_get_initializationURL (GstURLType *InitializationURL)
 {
-  gchar *mediaURL;
-
   g_return_val_if_fail (InitializationURL != NULL, NULL);
   g_return_val_if_fail (InitializationURL->sourceURL != NULL, NULL);
 
-  if (InitializationURL->range) {
-    gchar *range;
-    range = g_strdup_printf ("?range=%llu-%llu", InitializationURL->range->first_byte_pos, InitializationURL->range->last_byte_pos);
-    mediaURL = g_strconcat (InitializationURL->sourceURL, range, NULL);
-    g_free (range);
-  } else {
-    mediaURL = g_strdup (InitializationURL->sourceURL);
-  }
-
-  return mediaURL;
+  return gst_mpdparser_get_segmentURL_for_range(InitializationURL->sourceURL, InitializationURL->range);
 }
 
 static gchar *