diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mxf/mxfmpeg.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mxf/mxfmpeg.c
index fbbe1e6ef2..f6f632854e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mxf/mxfmpeg.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mxf/mxfmpeg.c
@@ -141,9 +141,8 @@ mxf_metadata_mpeg_video_descriptor_handle_tag (MXFMetadataBase * metadata,
   gboolean ret = TRUE;
   MXFUL *tag_ul = NULL;
 
-  if (!(tag_ul =
-          (MXFUL *) g_hash_table_lookup (primer->mappings,
-              GUINT_TO_POINTER (((guint) tag)))))
+  tag_ul = mxf_primer_tag_to_ul (primer, tag);
+  if (!tag_ul)
     return FALSE;
 
   if (memcmp (tag_ul, &_single_sequence_ul, 16) == 0) {
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mxf/mxftypes.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mxf/mxftypes.c
index 1556a76114..1ee13a55be 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mxf/mxftypes.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mxf/mxftypes.c
@@ -1668,6 +1668,13 @@ mxf_local_tag_free (MXFLocalTag * tag)
   g_free (tag);
 }
 
+MXFUL *
+mxf_primer_tag_to_ul (const MXFPrimerPack * primer, guint16 tag)
+{
+  return (MXFUL *) g_hash_table_lookup (primer->mappings,
+      GUINT_TO_POINTER (((guint) tag)));
+}
+
 gboolean
 mxf_local_tag_add_to_hash_table (const MXFPrimerPack * primer,
     guint16 tag, const guint8 * tag_data, guint16 tag_size,
@@ -1689,8 +1696,7 @@ mxf_local_tag_add_to_hash_table (const MXFPrimerPack * primer,
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (*hash_table != NULL, FALSE);
 
-  ul = (MXFUL *) g_hash_table_lookup (primer->mappings,
-      GUINT_TO_POINTER (((guint) tag)));
+  ul = mxf_primer_tag_to_ul (primer, tag);
 
   if (ul) {
 #ifndef GST_DISABLE_GST_DEBUG
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mxf/mxftypes.h b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mxf/mxftypes.h
index 069257666a..287062146b 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mxf/mxftypes.h
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mxf/mxftypes.h
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ void mxf_local_tag_free (MXFLocalTag *tag);
 gboolean mxf_local_tag_add_to_hash_table (const MXFPrimerPack *primer,
   guint16 tag, const guint8 *tag_data, guint16 tag_size,
   GHashTable **hash_table);
+MXFUL *mxf_primer_tag_to_ul (const MXFPrimerPack *primer, guint16 tag);
 gboolean mxf_local_tag_insert (MXFLocalTag *tag, GHashTable **hash_table);
 
 #endif /* __MXF_TYPES_H__ */