diff --git a/src/openrct2/rct12/SawyerChunkReader.cpp b/src/openrct2/rct12/SawyerChunkReader.cpp
index 7c3ef586fd..629f77069d 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/rct12/SawyerChunkReader.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/rct12/SawyerChunkReader.cpp
@@ -142,13 +142,8 @@ size_t SawyerChunkReader::DecodeChunk(void * dst, size_t dstCapacity, const void
         resultLength = DecodeChunkRLE(dst, dstCapacity, src, header.length);
         break;
     case CHUNK_ENCODING_RLECOMPRESSED:
-    {
-        auto immBufferLength = MAX_UNCOMPRESSED_CHUNK_SIZE;
-        auto immBuffer = std::make_unique<uint8[]>(immBufferLength);
-        auto immLength = DecodeChunkRLE(immBuffer.get(), immBufferLength, src, header.length);
-        resultLength = DecodeChunkRepeat(dst, dstCapacity, immBuffer.get(), immLength);
+        resultLength = DecodeChunkRLERepeat(dst, dstCapacity, src, header.length);
         break;
-    }
     case CHUNK_ENCODING_ROTATE:
         resultLength = DecodeChunkRotate(dst, dstCapacity, src, header.length);
         break;
@@ -158,6 +153,14 @@ size_t SawyerChunkReader::DecodeChunk(void * dst, size_t dstCapacity, const void
     return resultLength;
 }
 
+size_t SawyerChunkReader::DecodeChunkRLERepeat(void * dst, size_t dstCapacity, const void * src, size_t srcLength)
+{
+    auto immBufferLength = MAX_UNCOMPRESSED_CHUNK_SIZE;
+    auto immBuffer = std::make_unique<uint8[]>(immBufferLength);
+    auto immLength = DecodeChunkRLE(immBuffer.get(), immBufferLength, src, srcLength);
+    return DecodeChunkRepeat(dst, dstCapacity, immBuffer.get(), immLength);
+}
+
 size_t SawyerChunkReader::DecodeChunkRLE(void * dst, size_t dstCapacity, const void * src, size_t srcLength)
 {
     auto src8 = static_cast<const uint8 *>(src);
diff --git a/src/openrct2/rct12/SawyerChunkReader.h b/src/openrct2/rct12/SawyerChunkReader.h
index 3c01a02130..fda66ddf23 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/rct12/SawyerChunkReader.h
+++ b/src/openrct2/rct12/SawyerChunkReader.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
     static size_t DecodeChunk(void * dst, size_t dstCapacity, const void * src, const sawyercoding_chunk_header &header);
+    static size_t DecodeChunkRLERepeat(void * dst, size_t dstCapacity, const void * src, size_t srcLength);
     static size_t DecodeChunkRLE(void * dst, size_t dstCapacity, const void * src, size_t srcLength);
     static size_t DecodeChunkRepeat(void * dst, size_t dstCapacity, const void * src, size_t srcLength);
     static size_t DecodeChunkRotate(void * dst, size_t dstCapacity, const void * src, size_t srcLength);