diff --git a/src/common/cfgfiles.c b/src/common/cfgfiles.c
index 2c6e8755..e4ae2974 100644
--- a/src/common/cfgfiles.c
+++ b/src/common/cfgfiles.c
@@ -1473,3 +1473,25 @@ stream_writef (GOutputStream *ostream, const char *fmt, ...)
 	
 	return ret;
 }
+
+GDataInputStream *
+file_get_datainputstream (GFile *file)
+{
+	GInputStream *stream;
+	GDataInputStream *datastream;
+
+	stream = G_INPUT_STREAM(g_file_read (file, NULL, NULL));
+	if (!stream)
+		return NULL;
+
+	datastream = g_data_input_stream_new (stream);
+	/*
+	* This is to avoid any issues moving between windows/unix
+	* but the docs mention an invalid \r without a following \n
+	* can lock up the program
+	*/
+	g_data_input_stream_set_newline_type (datastream, G_DATA_STREAM_NEWLINE_TYPE_ANY);
+	g_object_unref (stream);
+	
+	return datastream;
+}
diff --git a/src/common/cfgfiles.h b/src/common/cfgfiles.h
index eeba014d..bd60de26 100644
--- a/src/common/cfgfiles.h
+++ b/src/common/cfgfiles.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ int hexchat_open_file (char *file, int flags, int mode, int xof_flags);
 FILE *hexchat_fopen_file (const char *file, const char *mode, int xof_flags);
 GFile *hexchat_open_gfile (const char *filename);
 gsize stream_writef (GOutputStream *ostream, const char *fmt, ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF (2, 3);
+GDataInputStream *file_get_datainputstream (GFile *file);
 
 char *unescape_newlines (const gchar  *value);
 char *escape_newlines (const gchar  *value);
diff --git a/src/common/plugin.c b/src/common/plugin.c
index 6178d779..448da89c 100644
--- a/src/common/plugin.c
+++ b/src/common/plugin.c
@@ -1918,7 +1918,6 @@ int
 hexchat_pluginpref_list (hexchat_plugin *pl, char* dest)
 {
 	GFile *file;
-	GInputStream *stream;
 	GDataInputStream *istream;
 	char *confname, *canon, *buf;
 
@@ -1930,14 +1929,10 @@ hexchat_pluginpref_list (hexchat_plugin *pl, char* dest)
 	file = hexchat_open_gfile (confname);
 	g_free (confname);
 
-	stream = G_INPUT_STREAM(g_file_read (file, NULL, NULL));
-	if (!stream)
+	istream = file_get_datainputstream (file);
+	if (!istream)
 		return 0;
 
-	istream = g_data_input_stream_new (stream);
-	g_data_input_stream_set_newline_type (istream, G_DATA_STREAM_NEWLINE_TYPE_ANY);
-	g_object_unref (stream);
-
 	strcpy (dest, ""); /* clean up garbage */
 	while ((buf = g_data_input_stream_read_line_utf8 (istream, NULL, NULL, NULL)))
 	{
diff --git a/src/common/servlist.c b/src/common/servlist.c
index 167f70dc..62981da8 100644
--- a/src/common/servlist.c
+++ b/src/common/servlist.c
@@ -1180,7 +1180,6 @@ static int
 servlist_load (void)
 {
 	GFile *file;
-	GInputStream *stream;
 	GDataInputStream *istream;
 	gchar *buf;
 	ircnet *net = NULL;
@@ -1200,13 +1199,10 @@ servlist_load (void)
 
 	file = hexchat_open_gfile ("servlist.conf");
 
-	stream = G_INPUT_STREAM(g_file_read (file, NULL, NULL));
-	if (!stream)
+	istream = file_get_datainputstream (file);
+	if (!istream)
 		return FALSE;
 
-	istream = g_data_input_stream_new (stream);
-	g_data_input_stream_set_newline_type (istream, G_DATA_STREAM_NEWLINE_TYPE_ANY);
-	g_object_unref (stream);
 
 	while ((buf = g_data_input_stream_read_line_utf8 (istream, NULL, NULL, NULL)))
 	{
diff --git a/src/common/text.c b/src/common/text.c
index 6ea07ece..c6c6d138 100644
--- a/src/common/text.c
+++ b/src/common/text.c
@@ -220,7 +220,6 @@ scrollback_save (session *sess, char *text)
 void
 scrollback_load (session *sess)
 {
-	GInputStream *stream;
 	GDataInputStream *istream;
 	gchar *buf, *text;
 	gint lines = 0;
@@ -246,19 +245,10 @@ scrollback_load (session *sess)
 		g_free (buf);
 	}
 
-	stream = G_INPUT_STREAM(g_file_read (sess->scrollfile, NULL, NULL));
-	if (!stream)
+	istream = file_get_datainputstream (sess->scrollfile);
+	if (!istream)
 		return;
 
-	istream = g_data_input_stream_new (stream);
-	/*
-	 * This is to avoid any issues moving between windows/unix
-	 * but the docs mention an invalid \r without a following \n
-	 * can lock up the program... (Our write() always adds \n)
-	 */
-	g_data_input_stream_set_newline_type (istream, G_DATA_STREAM_NEWLINE_TYPE_ANY);
-	g_object_unref (stream);
-
 	while (1)
 	{
 		GError *err = NULL;