diff --git a/libavformat/hdsenc.c b/libavformat/hdsenc.c
index 746797b24c..faa32c7a96 100644
--- a/libavformat/hdsenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/hdsenc.c
@@ -204,11 +204,7 @@ static int write_manifest(AVFormatContext *s, int final)
     avio_printf(out, "</manifest>\n");
     avio_flush(out);
     avio_close(out);
-    if (rename(temp_filename, filename) == -1) {
-        av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "failed to rename file %s to %s\n", temp_filename, filename);
-        return AVERROR(errno);
-    }
-    return 0;
+    return ff_rename(temp_filename, filename);
 }
 
 static void update_size(AVIOContext *out, int64_t pos)
@@ -289,11 +285,7 @@ static int write_abst(AVFormatContext *s, OutputStream *os, int final)
     update_size(out, afrt_pos);
     update_size(out, 0);
     avio_close(out);
-    if (rename(temp_filename, filename) == -1) {
-        av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "failed to rename file %s to %s\n", temp_filename, filename);
-        return AVERROR(errno);
-    }
-    return 0;
+    return ff_rename(temp_filename, filename);
 }
 
 static int init_file(AVFormatContext *s, OutputStream *os, int64_t start_ts)
@@ -488,10 +480,9 @@ static int hds_flush(AVFormatContext *s, OutputStream *os, int final,
 
     snprintf(target_filename, sizeof(target_filename),
              "%s/stream%dSeg1-Frag%d", s->filename, index, os->fragment_index);
-    if (rename(os->temp_filename, target_filename) == -1) {
-        av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "failed to rename file %s to %s\n", os->temp_filename, target_filename);
-        return AVERROR(errno);
-    }
+    ret = ff_rename(os->temp_filename, target_filename);
+    if (ret < 0)
+        return ret;
     add_fragment(os, target_filename, os->frag_start_ts, end_ts - os->frag_start_ts);
 
     if (!final) {
diff --git a/libavformat/internal.h b/libavformat/internal.h
index 28c29b0f4e..d2aab30982 100644
--- a/libavformat/internal.h
+++ b/libavformat/internal.h
@@ -371,6 +371,20 @@ AVRational ff_choose_timebase(AVFormatContext *s, AVStream *st, int min_precisio
  */
 int ff_generate_avci_extradata(AVStream *st);
 
+/**
+ * Wrap errno on rename() error.
+ *
+ * @param oldpath source path
+ * @param newpath destination path
+ * @return        0 or AVERROR on failure
+ */
+static inline int ff_rename(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath)
+{
+    if (rename(oldpath, newpath) == -1)
+        return AVERROR(errno);
+    return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * Allocate extradata with additional FF_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE at end
  * which is always set to 0.
diff --git a/libavformat/smoothstreamingenc.c b/libavformat/smoothstreamingenc.c
index 7fbb2b7d7f..fa9984a50d 100644
--- a/libavformat/smoothstreamingenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/smoothstreamingenc.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
 #include "libavutil/opt.h"
 #include "libavutil/avstring.h"
+#include "libavutil/file.h"
 #include "libavutil/mathematics.h"
 #include "libavutil/intreadwrite.h"
 
@@ -282,8 +283,7 @@ static int write_manifest(AVFormatContext *s, int final)
     avio_printf(out, "</SmoothStreamingMedia>\n");
     avio_flush(out);
     avio_close(out);
-    rename(temp_filename, filename);
-    return 0;
+    return ff_rename(temp_filename, filename);
 }
 
 static int ism_write_header(AVFormatContext *s)
@@ -540,7 +540,9 @@ static int ism_flush(AVFormatContext *s, int final)
         snprintf(header_filename, sizeof(header_filename), "%s/FragmentInfo(%s=%"PRIu64")", os->dirname, os->stream_type_tag, start_ts);
         snprintf(target_filename, sizeof(target_filename), "%s/Fragments(%s=%"PRIu64")", os->dirname, os->stream_type_tag, start_ts);
         copy_moof(s, filename, header_filename, moof_size);
-        rename(filename, target_filename);
+        ret = ff_rename(filename, target_filename);
+        if (ret < 0)
+            break;
         add_fragment(os, target_filename, header_filename, start_ts, duration,
                      os->cur_start_pos, size);
     }