diff --git a/src/indent.c b/src/indent.c
index 73eb12c..794fa2c 100644
--- a/src/indent.c
+++ b/src/indent.c
@@ -1613,6 +1613,20 @@
 }
 
 /*
+ * Give a "resulting text too long" error and maybe set got_int.
+ */
+    static void
+emsg_text_too_long(void)
+{
+    emsg(_(e_resulting_text_too_long));
+#ifdef FEAT_EVAL
+    // when not inside a try/catch set got_int to break out of any loop
+    if (trylevel == 0)
+#endif
+	got_int = TRUE;
+}
+
+/*
  * ":retab".
  */
     void
@@ -1749,7 +1763,7 @@
 			new_len = old_len - col + start_col + len + 1;
 			if (new_len <= 0 || new_len >= MAXCOL)
 			{
-			    emsg(_(e_resulting_text_too_long));
+			    emsg_text_too_long();
 			    break;
 			}
 			new_line = alloc(new_len);
@@ -1780,13 +1794,7 @@
 	    vcol += chartabsize(ptr + col, (colnr_T)vcol);
 	    if (vcol >= MAXCOL)
 	    {
-		emsg(_(e_resulting_text_too_long));
-		// when not inside a try/catch set got_int to break out of any
-		// loop
-#ifdef FEAT_EVAL
-		if (trylevel == 0)
-#endif
-		    got_int = TRUE;
+		emsg_text_too_long();
 		break;
 	    }
 	    if (has_mbyte)