diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_convert_color.c b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_convert_color.c
index b5b12b6501..5b16eac16d 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_convert_color.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_convert_color.c
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@
 #include "evas_convert_color.h"
 
 
-EAPI void
+EAPI DATA32
 evas_common_convert_argb_premul(DATA32 *data, unsigned int len)
 {
-   DATA32  *de = data + len;
+   DATA32 *de = data + len;
+   DATA32 nas = 0;
 
    while (data < de)
      {
@@ -19,7 +20,12 @@ evas_common_convert_argb_premul(DATA32 *data, unsigned int len)
 	  (((((*data) >> 8) & 0xff) * a) & 0xff00) +
 	  (((((*data) & 0x00ff00ff) * a) >> 8) & 0x00ff00ff);
 	data++;
+
+	if ((a == 1) || (a == 256))
+	  nas++;
      }
+
+   return nas;
 }
 
 EAPI void
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_convert_color.h b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_convert_color.h
index 81cb8c0fe8..a95bef8e0b 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_convert_color.h
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_convert_color.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #define _EVAS_CONVERT_COLOR_H
 
 
-EAPI void evas_common_convert_argb_premul                          (DATA32 *src, unsigned int len);
+EAPI DATA32 evas_common_convert_argb_premul                        (DATA32 *src, unsigned int len);
 EAPI void evas_common_convert_argb_unpremul                        (DATA32 *src, unsigned int len);
 EAPI void evas_common_convert_color_argb_premul                    (int a, int *r, int *g, int *b);
 EAPI void evas_common_convert_color_argb_unpremul                  (int a, int *r, int *g, int *b);
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_image_main.c b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_image_main.c
index 0640ee794f..aa3e988b23 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_image_main.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_image_main.c
@@ -649,25 +649,13 @@ evas_common_image_alpha_line_buffer_release(RGBA_Image *im)
 EAPI void
 evas_common_image_premul(Image_Entry *ie)
 {
-   DATA32  *s, *se;
    DATA32  nas = 0;
 
    if (!ie) return ;
    if (!evas_cache_image_pixels(ie)) return ;
    if (!ie->flags.alpha) return;
 
-   s = evas_cache_image_pixels(ie);
-   se = s + (ie->w * ie->h);
-   while (s < se)
-     {
-	DATA32  a = 1 + (*s >> 24);
-
-	*s = (*s & 0xff000000) + (((((*s) >> 8) & 0xff) * a) & 0xff00) +
-			 (((((*s) & 0x00ff00ff) * a) >> 8) & 0x00ff00ff);
-	s++;
-	if ((a == 1) || (a == 256))
-	   nas++;
-     }
+   nas = evas_common_convert_argb_premul(evas_cache_image_pixels(ie), ie->w * ie->h);
    if ((ALPHA_SPARSE_INV_FRACTION * nas) >= (ie->w * ie->h))
      ie->flags.alpha_sparse = 1;
 }