diff --git a/programs/fileio.c b/programs/fileio.c
index 8a571511..ffa43ab2 100644
--- a/programs/fileio.c
+++ b/programs/fileio.c
@@ -515,28 +515,10 @@ static FILE* FIO_openDstFile(FIO_prefs_t* const prefs, const char* srcFileName,
         return stdout;
     }
 
-    /* ensure dst is not the same file as src */
-    if (srcFileName != NULL) {
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-        /* note : Visual does not support file identification by inode.
-         *        The following work-around is limited to detecting exact name repetition only,
-         *        aka `filename` is considered different from `subdir/../filename` */
-        if (!strcmp(srcFileName, dstFileName)) {
-            DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "zstd: Refusing to open a output file which will overwrite the input file \n");
-            return NULL;
-        }
-#else
-        stat_t srcStat;
-        stat_t dstStat;
-        if (UTIL_getFileStat(srcFileName, &srcStat)
-            && UTIL_getFileStat(dstFileName, &dstStat)) {
-            if (srcStat.st_dev == dstStat.st_dev
-                && srcStat.st_ino == dstStat.st_ino) {
-                DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "zstd: Refusing to open a output file which will overwrite the input file \n");
-                return NULL;
-            }
-        }
-#endif
+    /* check if src file is the same as dst */
+    if (srcFileName != NULL && UTIL_isSameFile(srcFileName, dstFileName)) {
+        DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "zstd: Refusing to open an output file which will overwrite the input file \n");
+        return NULL;
     }
 
     if (prefs->sparseFileSupport == 1) {
diff --git a/programs/util.c b/programs/util.c
index d6466063..622e5025 100644
--- a/programs/util.c
+++ b/programs/util.c
@@ -87,6 +87,23 @@ U32 UTIL_isDirectory(const char* infilename)
     return 0;
 }
 
+int UTIL_isSameFile(const char* file1, const char* file2)
+{
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+    /* note : Visual does not support file identification by inode.
+     *        The following work-around is limited to detecting exact name repetition only,
+     *        aka `filename` is considered different from `subdir/../filename` */
+    return !strcmp(file1, file2);
+#else
+    stat_t file1Stat;
+    stat_t file2Stat;
+    return UTIL_getFileStat(file1, &file1Stat)
+        && UTIL_getFileStat(file2, &file2Stat)
+        && (file1Stat.st_dev == file2Stat.st_dev)
+        && (file1Stat.st_ino == file2Stat.st_ino);
+#endif
+}
+
 U32 UTIL_isLink(const char* infilename)
 {
 /* macro guards, as defined in : https://linux.die.net/man/2/lstat */
diff --git a/programs/util.h b/programs/util.h
index f78bcbe1..eee7ebfc 100644
--- a/programs/util.h
+++ b/programs/util.h
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ int UTIL_isRegularFile(const char* infilename);
 int UTIL_setFileStat(const char* filename, stat_t* statbuf);
 U32 UTIL_isDirectory(const char* infilename);
 int UTIL_getFileStat(const char* infilename, stat_t* statbuf);
+int UTIL_isSameFile(const char* file1, const char* file2);
 
 U32 UTIL_isLink(const char* infilename);
 #define UTIL_FILESIZE_UNKNOWN  ((U64)(-1))