diff --git a/dlls/riched20/list.c b/dlls/riched20/list.c
index 10732e523dd..c57e5264f2e 100644
--- a/dlls/riched20/list.c
+++ b/dlls/riched20/list.c
@@ -179,13 +179,6 @@ ME_DisplayItem *ME_MakeDI(ME_DIType type)
   ZeroMemory(item, sizeof(ME_DisplayItem));
   item->type = type;
   item->prev = item->next = NULL;
-  if (type == diParagraph)
-  {
-    item->member.para.pFmt = ALLOC_OBJ(PARAFORMAT2);
-    ME_SetDefaultParaFormat(item->member.para.pFmt);
-    item->member.para.nFlags = MEPF_REWRAP;
-  }
-    
   return item;
 }
 
diff --git a/dlls/riched20/para.c b/dlls/riched20/para.c
index 8cf3d241594..c068d845687 100644
--- a/dlls/riched20/para.c
+++ b/dlls/riched20/para.c
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@
 
 WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(richedit);
 
+static ME_DisplayItem *make_para(ME_TextEditor *editor)
+{
+    ME_DisplayItem *item = ME_MakeDI(diParagraph);
+
+    item->member.para.pFmt = ALLOC_OBJ(PARAFORMAT2);
+    ME_SetDefaultParaFormat(item->member.para.pFmt);
+    item->member.para.nFlags = MEPF_REWRAP;
+    return item;
+}
+
 void ME_MakeFirstParagraph(ME_TextEditor *editor)
 {
   ME_Context c;
@@ -30,7 +40,7 @@ void ME_MakeFirstParagraph(ME_TextEditor *editor)
   LOGFONTW lf;
   HFONT hf;
   ME_TextBuffer *text = editor->pBuffer;
-  ME_DisplayItem *para = ME_MakeDI(diParagraph);
+  ME_DisplayItem *para = make_para(editor);
   ME_DisplayItem *run;
   ME_Style *style;
   int eol_len;
@@ -196,7 +206,7 @@ ME_DisplayItem *ME_SplitParagraph(ME_TextEditor *editor, ME_DisplayItem *run,
 {
   ME_DisplayItem *next_para = NULL;
   ME_DisplayItem *run_para = NULL;
-  ME_DisplayItem *new_para = ME_MakeDI(diParagraph);
+  ME_DisplayItem *new_para = make_para(editor);
   ME_DisplayItem *end_run;
   int ofs, i;
   ME_DisplayItem *pp;