diff --git a/dlls/wined3d/surface.c b/dlls/wined3d/surface.c
index a8fa477f241..d8ee07f5ba6 100644
--- a/dlls/wined3d/surface.c
+++ b/dlls/wined3d/surface.c
@@ -103,6 +103,15 @@ static void surface_cleanup(struct wined3d_surface *surface)
     resource_cleanup(&surface->resource);
 }
 
+void wined3d_surface_destroy(struct wined3d_surface *surface)
+{
+    TRACE("surface %p.\n", surface);
+
+    surface_cleanup(surface);
+    surface->resource.parent_ops->wined3d_object_destroyed(surface->resource.parent);
+    HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, surface);
+}
+
 void surface_update_draw_binding(struct wined3d_surface *surface)
 {
     if (!surface_is_offscreen(surface) || wined3d_settings.offscreen_rendering_mode != ORM_FBO)
@@ -151,14 +160,6 @@ void surface_set_swapchain(struct wined3d_surface *surface, struct wined3d_swapc
     surface_update_draw_binding(surface);
 }
 
-void surface_set_container(struct wined3d_surface *surface, struct wined3d_texture *container)
-{
-    TRACE("surface %p, container %p.\n", surface, container);
-
-    surface->container = container;
-    surface_update_draw_binding(surface);
-}
-
 struct blt_info
 {
     GLenum binding;
@@ -2135,49 +2136,24 @@ static inline unsigned short float_32_to_16(const float *in)
 
 ULONG CDECL wined3d_surface_incref(struct wined3d_surface *surface)
 {
-    ULONG refcount;
-
     TRACE("surface %p, swapchain %p, container %p.\n",
             surface, surface->swapchain, surface->container);
 
     if (surface->swapchain)
         return wined3d_swapchain_incref(surface->swapchain);
 
-    if (surface->container)
-        return wined3d_texture_incref(surface->container);
-
-    refcount = InterlockedIncrement(&surface->resource.ref);
-    TRACE("%p increasing refcount to %u.\n", surface, refcount);
-
-    return refcount;
+    return wined3d_texture_incref(surface->container);
 }
 
 ULONG CDECL wined3d_surface_decref(struct wined3d_surface *surface)
 {
-    ULONG refcount;
-
     TRACE("surface %p, swapchain %p, container %p.\n",
             surface, surface->swapchain, surface->container);
 
     if (surface->swapchain)
         return wined3d_swapchain_decref(surface->swapchain);
 
-    if (surface->container)
-        return wined3d_texture_decref(surface->container);
-
-    refcount = InterlockedDecrement(&surface->resource.ref);
-    TRACE("%p decreasing refcount to %u.\n", surface, refcount);
-
-    if (!refcount)
-    {
-        surface_cleanup(surface);
-        surface->resource.parent_ops->wined3d_object_destroyed(surface->resource.parent);
-
-        TRACE("Destroyed surface %p.\n", surface);
-        HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, surface);
-    }
-
-    return refcount;
+    return wined3d_texture_decref(surface->container);
 }
 
 void CDECL wined3d_surface_preload(struct wined3d_surface *surface)
@@ -6016,7 +5992,8 @@ static HRESULT surface_init(struct wined3d_surface *surface, struct wined3d_text
         return hr;
     }
 
-    surface_set_container(surface, container);
+    surface->container = container;
+    surface_update_draw_binding(surface);
     surface_validate_location(surface, WINED3D_LOCATION_SYSMEM);
     list_init(&surface->renderbuffers);
     list_init(&surface->overlays);
@@ -6036,11 +6013,9 @@ static HRESULT surface_init(struct wined3d_surface *surface, struct wined3d_text
     surface->texture_level = level;
 
     /* Call the private setup routine */
-    hr = surface->surface_ops->surface_private_setup(surface);
-    if (FAILED(hr))
+    if (FAILED(hr = surface->surface_ops->surface_private_setup(surface)))
     {
-        ERR("Private setup failed, returning %#x\n", hr);
-        surface_set_container(surface, NULL);
+        ERR("Private setup failed, hr %#x.\n", hr);
         surface_cleanup(surface);
         return hr;
     }
@@ -6091,8 +6066,7 @@ HRESULT wined3d_surface_create(struct wined3d_texture *container, const struct w
             wined3d_texture_get_parent(container), object, &parent, &parent_ops)))
     {
         WARN("Failed to create surface parent, hr %#x.\n", hr);
-        surface_set_container(object, NULL);
-        wined3d_surface_decref(object);
+        wined3d_surface_destroy(object);
         return hr;
     }
 
diff --git a/dlls/wined3d/texture.c b/dlls/wined3d/texture.c
index 423dec8025c..392f84de617 100644
--- a/dlls/wined3d/texture.c
+++ b/dlls/wined3d/texture.c
@@ -742,8 +742,7 @@ static void texture2d_sub_resource_cleanup(struct wined3d_resource *sub_resource
 {
     struct wined3d_surface *surface = surface_from_resource(sub_resource);
 
-    surface_set_container(surface, NULL);
-    wined3d_surface_decref(surface);
+    wined3d_surface_destroy(surface);
 }
 
 static const struct wined3d_texture_ops texture2d_ops =
diff --git a/dlls/wined3d/wined3d_private.h b/dlls/wined3d/wined3d_private.h
index 20594e1051e..4c79ddbb52b 100644
--- a/dlls/wined3d/wined3d_private.h
+++ b/dlls/wined3d/wined3d_private.h
@@ -2303,7 +2303,6 @@ void surface_prepare_texture(struct wined3d_surface *surface,
         struct wined3d_context *context, BOOL srgb) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 void surface_set_compatible_renderbuffer(struct wined3d_surface *surface,
         const struct wined3d_surface *rt) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
-void surface_set_container(struct wined3d_surface *surface, struct wined3d_texture *container) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 void surface_set_swapchain(struct wined3d_surface *surface, struct wined3d_swapchain *swapchain) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 void surface_set_texture_target(struct wined3d_surface *surface, GLenum target, GLint level) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 void surface_translate_drawable_coords(const struct wined3d_surface *surface, HWND window, RECT *rect) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
@@ -2313,6 +2312,7 @@ HRESULT surface_upload_from_surface(struct wined3d_surface *dst_surface, const P
 void surface_validate_location(struct wined3d_surface *surface, DWORD location) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 HRESULT wined3d_surface_create(struct wined3d_texture *container, const struct wined3d_resource_desc *desc,
         GLenum target, GLint level, DWORD flags, struct wined3d_surface **surface) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
+void wined3d_surface_destroy(struct wined3d_surface *surface) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 void surface_prepare_map_memory(struct wined3d_surface *surface) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 
 void draw_textured_quad(const struct wined3d_surface *src_surface, struct wined3d_context *context,