diff --git a/audio/utils.h b/audio/utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b5340e30f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#ifndef AUDIO_UTILS_H
+#define AUDIO_UTILS_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+static inline void audio_convert_s16_to_float(float *out,
+      const int16_t *in, unsigned samples)
+{
+   for (unsigned i = 0; i < samples; i++)
+      out[i] = (float)in[i] / 0x8000; 
+}
+
+static inline void audio_convert_float_to_s16(int16_t *out,
+      const float *in, unsigned samples)
+{
+   for (unsigned i = 0; i < samples; i++)
+   {
+      int32_t val = in[i] * 0x8000;
+      out[i] = (val > 0x7FFF) ? 0x7FFF : (val < -0x8000 ? -0x8000 : (int16_t)val);
+   }
+}
+
+#endif
+
diff --git a/ssnes.c b/ssnes.c
index 39e345514c..6c62d73f0d 100644
--- a/ssnes.c
+++ b/ssnes.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "strl.h"
 #include "screenshot.h"
 #include "cheats.h"
+#include "audio/utils.h"
 #include <assert.h>
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
@@ -187,8 +188,7 @@ static void video_frame(const uint16_t *data, unsigned width, unsigned height)
 
 static bool audio_flush(const int16_t *data, unsigned samples)
 {
-   for (unsigned i = 0; i < samples; i++)
-      g_extern.audio_data.data[i] = (float)data[i] / 0x8000; 
+   audio_convert_s16_to_float(g_extern.audio_data.data, data, samples);
 
    const float *output_data = NULL;
    unsigned output_frames = 0;
@@ -247,11 +247,8 @@ static bool audio_flush(const int16_t *data, unsigned samples)
    }
    else
    {
-      for (unsigned i = 0; i < output_frames * 2; i++)
-      {
-         int32_t val = output_data[i] * 0x8000;
-         g_extern.audio_data.conv_outsamples[i] = (val > 0x7FFF) ? 0x7FFF : (val < -0x8000 ? -0x8000 : (int16_t)val);
-      }
+      audio_convert_float_to_s16(g_extern.audio_data.conv_outsamples,
+            output_data, output_frames * 2);
 
       if (driver.audio->write(driver.audio_data, g_extern.audio_data.conv_outsamples, output_frames * sizeof(int16_t) * 2) < 0)
       {