diff --git a/gfx/drivers/gl.c b/gfx/drivers/gl.c
index 703242133e..33de3b3d18 100644
--- a/gfx/drivers/gl.c
+++ b/gfx/drivers/gl.c
@@ -333,13 +333,6 @@ static INLINE GLenum min_filter_to_mag(GLenum type)
 }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_FBO
-static void gl_shader_scale(gl_t *gl, unsigned idx,
-      struct gfx_fbo_scale *scale)
-{
-   scale->valid = false;
-   gl->shader->shader_scale(idx, scale);
-}
-
 /* Compute FBO geometry.
  * When width/height changes or window sizes change, 
  * we have to recalculate geometry of our FBO. */
@@ -635,8 +628,8 @@ static void gl_init_fbo(gl_t *gl, unsigned fbo_width, unsigned fbo_height)
 
    video_driver_get_size(&width, &height);
 
-   gl_shader_scale(gl, 1, &scale);
-   gl_shader_scale(gl, gl->shader->num_shaders(), &scale_last);
+   video_shader_scale(1, gl->shader, &scale);
+   video_shader_scale(gl->shader->num_shaders(), gl->shader, &scale_last);
 
    /* we always want FBO to be at least initialized on startup for consoles */
    if (gl->shader->num_shaders() == 1 && !scale.valid)
@@ -664,7 +657,7 @@ static void gl_init_fbo(gl_t *gl, unsigned fbo_width, unsigned fbo_height)
 
    for (i = 1; i < gl->fbo_pass; i++)
    {
-      gl_shader_scale(gl, i + 1, &gl->fbo_scale[i]);
+      video_shader_scale(i + 1, gl->shader, &gl->fbo_scale[i]);
 
       if (!gl->fbo_scale[i].valid)
       {
diff --git a/gfx/video_shader_driver.c b/gfx/video_shader_driver.c
index ed27f1a4d2..ca5a0d4486 100644
--- a/gfx/video_shader_driver.c
+++ b/gfx/video_shader_driver.c
@@ -82,3 +82,15 @@ struct video_shader *video_shader_driver_get_current_shader(void)
       return NULL;
    return driver->video_poke->get_current_shader(driver->video_data);
 }
+
+void video_shader_scale(unsigned idx,
+      const shader_backend_t *shader,  struct gfx_fbo_scale *scale)
+{
+   if (!scale || shader)
+      return;
+
+   scale->valid = false;
+
+   if (shader->shader_scale)
+      shader->shader_scale(idx, scale);
+}
diff --git a/gfx/video_shader_driver.h b/gfx/video_shader_driver.h
index 48ffcc13c1..16e7e14275 100644
--- a/gfx/video_shader_driver.h
+++ b/gfx/video_shader_driver.h
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ extern const shader_backend_t shader_null_backend;
 
 #endif
 
+void video_shader_scale(unsigned idx,
+      const shader_backend_t *shader,  struct gfx_fbo_scale *scale);
+
 /**
  * shader_ctx_find_driver:
  * @ident                   : Identifier of shader context driver to find.