diff --git a/menu/drivers/materialui.c b/menu/drivers/materialui.c
index c5dc8f483c..5471229552 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/materialui.c
+++ b/menu/drivers/materialui.c
@@ -243,16 +243,12 @@ static void mui_draw_tab(mui_handle_t *mui,
 }
 
 static void mui_blit_line(float x, float y, unsigned width, unsigned height,
-      const char *message, uint32_t color, enum text_alignment text_align)
+      const char *msg, uint32_t color, enum text_alignment text_align)
 {
-   int font_size;
    struct font_params params;
-   void *fb_buf              = NULL;
 
-   menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_FONT_SIZE, &font_size);
-
-   params.x           = x / width;
-   params.y           = 1.0f - (y + font_size / 3) / height;
+   params.x           = x;
+   params.y           = y;
    params.scale       = 1.0f;
    params.drop_mod    = 0.0f;
    params.drop_x      = 0.0f;
@@ -261,9 +257,7 @@ static void mui_blit_line(float x, float y, unsigned width, unsigned height,
    params.full_screen = true;
    params.text_align  = text_align;
 
-   menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_FONT_BUF, &fb_buf);
-
-   video_driver_set_osd_msg(message, &params, fb_buf);
+   menu_display_draw_text(msg, width, height, &params);
 }
 
 static void mui_render_quad(mui_handle_t *mui,
diff --git a/menu/drivers/xmb.c b/menu/drivers/xmb.c
index 6abd94e134..1bf8d3ab91 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/xmb.c
+++ b/menu/drivers/xmb.c
@@ -499,7 +499,6 @@ static void xmb_draw_text(xmb_handle_t *xmb,
    settings_t *settings = config_get_ptr();
    struct font_params params;
    uint8_t a8                =   0;
-   void *disp_buf            = NULL;
 
    if (alpha > xmb->alpha)
       alpha = xmb->alpha;
@@ -513,8 +512,8 @@ static void xmb_draw_text(xmb_handle_t *xmb,
          || y < -xmb->icon.size || y > height + xmb->icon.size)
       return;
 
-   params.x           = x        / width;
-   params.y           = 1.0f - y / height;
+   params.x           = x;
+   params.y           = y;
    params.scale       = scale_factor;
    params.drop_mod    = 0.0f;
    params.drop_x      = 0.0f;
@@ -530,9 +529,7 @@ static void xmb_draw_text(xmb_handle_t *xmb,
       params.drop_alpha  = 0.25f;
    }
 
-   menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_FONT_BUF, &disp_buf);
-
-   video_driver_set_osd_msg(str, &params, disp_buf);
+   menu_display_draw_text(str, width, height, &params);
 }
 
 static void xmb_messagebox(void *data, const char *message)
diff --git a/menu/menu_display.c b/menu/menu_display.c
index 8ce568100b..5a161bfa13 100644
--- a/menu/menu_display.c
+++ b/menu/menu_display.c
@@ -780,3 +780,19 @@ void menu_display_snow(int width, int height)
       j++;
    }
 }
+
+void menu_display_draw_text(const char *msg, 
+      int width, int height, struct font_params *params)
+{
+   int font_size;
+   void *fb_buf              = NULL;
+
+   menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_FONT_SIZE, &font_size);
+
+   params->x           = params->x / width;
+   params->y           = 1.0f - (params->y + font_size / 3) / height;
+
+   menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_FONT_BUF, &fb_buf);
+
+   video_driver_set_osd_msg(msg, params, fb_buf);
+}
diff --git a/menu/menu_display.h b/menu/menu_display.h
index 71f16a5107..0aeda90db7 100644
--- a/menu/menu_display.h
+++ b/menu/menu_display.h
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ void menu_display_draw_cursor(
       float *color, float cursor_size, uintptr_t texture,
       float x, float y, unsigned width, unsigned height);
 
+void menu_display_draw_text(const char *msg, int width, int height, 
+      struct font_params *params);
+
 extern uintptr_t menu_display_white_texture;
 
 extern menu_display_ctx_driver_t menu_display_ctx_gl;