diff --git a/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasreplay.js b/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasreplay.js
index df764defca..d7f88983ea 100644
--- a/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasreplay.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasreplay.js
@@ -97,6 +97,19 @@ ol.render.canvas.Replay.prototype.appendFlatCoordinates =
 };
 
 
+/**
+ * @param {ol.geom.Geometry} geometry Geometry.
+ * @protected
+ * @return {Array} Begin geometry instruction.
+ */
+ol.render.canvas.Replay.prototype.beginGeometry = function(geometry) {
+  var beginGeometryInstruction =
+      [ol.render.canvas.Instruction.BEGIN_GEOMETRY, geometry, 0, 0];
+  this.instructions.push(beginGeometryInstruction);
+  return beginGeometryInstruction;
+};
+
+
 /**
  * @param {CanvasRenderingContext2D} context Context.
  * @param {goog.vec.Mat4.AnyType} transform Transform.
@@ -237,6 +250,16 @@ ol.render.canvas.Replay.prototype.drawMultiPolygonGeometry =
     goog.abstractMethod;
 
 
+/**
+ * @param {Array} beginGeometryInstruction Begin geometry instruction.
+ */
+ol.render.canvas.Replay.prototype.endGeometry =
+    function(beginGeometryInstruction) {
+  beginGeometryInstruction[2] = this.coordinates.length;
+  beginGeometryInstruction[3] = this.instructions.length;
+};
+
+
 /**
  * FIXME empty description for jsdoc
  */
@@ -637,15 +660,12 @@ ol.render.canvas.PolygonReplay.prototype.drawPolygonGeometry =
   }
   ol.extent.extend(this.extent_, polygonGeometry.getExtent());
   this.setFillStrokeStyles_();
-  var beginGeometryInstruction =
-      [ol.render.canvas.Instruction.BEGIN_GEOMETRY, polygonGeometry, 0, 0];
-  this.instructions.push(beginGeometryInstruction);
+  var beginGeometryInstruction = this.beginGeometry(polygonGeometry);
   var ends = polygonGeometry.getEnds();
   var flatCoordinates = polygonGeometry.getFlatCoordinates();
   var stride = polygonGeometry.getStride();
   this.drawFlatCoordinatess_(flatCoordinates, 0, ends, stride);
-  beginGeometryInstruction[2] = this.coordinates.length;
-  beginGeometryInstruction[3] = this.instructions.length;
+  this.endGeometry(beginGeometryInstruction);
 };
 
 
@@ -666,9 +686,7 @@ ol.render.canvas.PolygonReplay.prototype.drawMultiPolygonGeometry =
   }
   ol.extent.extend(this.extent_, multiPolygonGeometry.getExtent());
   this.setFillStrokeStyles_();
-  var beginGeometryInstruction =
-      [ol.render.canvas.Instruction.BEGIN_GEOMETRY, multiPolygonGeometry, 0, 0];
-  this.instructions.push(beginGeometryInstruction);
+  var beginGeometryInstruction = this.beginGeometry(multiPolygonGeometry);
   var endss = multiPolygonGeometry.getEndss();
   var flatCoordinates = multiPolygonGeometry.getFlatCoordinates();
   var stride = multiPolygonGeometry.getStride();
@@ -678,8 +696,7 @@ ol.render.canvas.PolygonReplay.prototype.drawMultiPolygonGeometry =
     offset = this.drawFlatCoordinatess_(
         flatCoordinates, offset, endss[i], stride);
   }
-  beginGeometryInstruction[2] = this.coordinates.length;
-  beginGeometryInstruction[3] = this.instructions.length;
+  this.endGeometry(beginGeometryInstruction);
 };