diff --git a/libavformat/avio.c b/libavformat/avio.c
index 76d3d4d4d91ce8689256f43e46f022b0f6923d25..a0eee9355ebd7d31a44e298771ab2fe93e892ad9 100644
--- a/libavformat/avio.c
+++ b/libavformat/avio.c
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ int64_t url_filesize(URLContext *h)
 {
     return ffurl_size(h);
 }
+int url_get_file_handle(URLContext *h)
+{
+    return ffurl_get_file_handle(h);
+}
 #endif
 
 #define URL_SCHEME_CHARS                        \
@@ -357,7 +361,7 @@ int64_t ffurl_size(URLContext *h)
     return size;
 }
 
-int url_get_file_handle(URLContext *h)
+int ffurl_get_file_handle(URLContext *h)
 {
     if (!h->prot->url_get_file_handle)
         return -1;
diff --git a/libavformat/avio.h b/libavformat/avio.h
index 28f24e06aaa29917dbbd894aad4ad31670566297..020a75aa030c80cb66fd22db30e4455bccdcba22 100644
--- a/libavformat/avio.h
+++ b/libavformat/avio.h
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ attribute_deprecated int url_write(URLContext *h, const unsigned char *buf, int
 attribute_deprecated int64_t url_seek(URLContext *h, int64_t pos, int whence);
 attribute_deprecated int url_close(URLContext *h);
 attribute_deprecated int64_t url_filesize(URLContext *h);
+attribute_deprecated int url_get_file_handle(URLContext *h);
 #endif
 
 /**
@@ -119,14 +120,6 @@ attribute_deprecated int64_t url_filesize(URLContext *h);
  */
 int url_exist(const char *url);
 
-/**
- * Return the file descriptor associated with this URL. For RTP, this
- * will return only the RTP file descriptor, not the RTCP file descriptor.
- *
- * @return the file descriptor associated with this URL, or <0 on error.
- */
-int url_get_file_handle(URLContext *h);
-
 /**
  * Return the maximum packet size associated to packetized file
  * handle. If the file is not packetized (stream like HTTP or file on
diff --git a/libavformat/http.c b/libavformat/http.c
index bb756c28439ac76b48c6b2875bae478b6f738832..c3845c642054388d5bb1378487510c1e9ed57762 100644
--- a/libavformat/http.c
+++ b/libavformat/http.c
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ static int
 http_get_file_handle(URLContext *h)
 {
     HTTPContext *s = h->priv_data;
-    return url_get_file_handle(s->hd);
+    return ffurl_get_file_handle(s->hd);
 }
 
 URLProtocol ff_http_protocol = {
diff --git a/libavformat/rtpproto.c b/libavformat/rtpproto.c
index 8772510ac5ab0ec8b61ef5a911c6371e907b128d..0439bc07fc08dfaf88115d473b85dc18f918b623 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtpproto.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtpproto.c
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ static int rtp_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags)
 
     /* just to ease handle access. XXX: need to suppress direct handle
        access */
-    s->rtp_fd = url_get_file_handle(s->rtp_hd);
-    s->rtcp_fd = url_get_file_handle(s->rtcp_hd);
+    s->rtp_fd = ffurl_get_file_handle(s->rtp_hd);
+    s->rtcp_fd = ffurl_get_file_handle(s->rtcp_hd);
 
     h->max_packet_size = url_get_max_packet_size(s->rtp_hd);
     h->is_streamed = 1;
diff --git a/libavformat/rtsp.c b/libavformat/rtsp.c
index ac40430c57c8a53615cebfa0b212f84c609dd433..d314453110655ea4295e542415c7d86c9597091f 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtsp.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtsp.c
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ redirect:
     }
     rt->seq = 0;
 
-    tcp_fd = url_get_file_handle(rt->rtsp_hd);
+    tcp_fd = ffurl_get_file_handle(rt->rtsp_hd);
     if (!getpeername(tcp_fd, (struct sockaddr*) &peer, &peer_len)) {
         getnameinfo((struct sockaddr*) &peer, peer_len, host, sizeof(host),
                     NULL, 0, NI_NUMERICHOST);
@@ -1571,7 +1571,7 @@ static int udp_read_packet(AVFormatContext *s, RTSPStream **prtsp_st,
             return AVERROR(EAGAIN);
         max_p = 0;
         if (rt->rtsp_hd) {
-            tcp_fd = url_get_file_handle(rt->rtsp_hd);
+            tcp_fd = ffurl_get_file_handle(rt->rtsp_hd);
             p[max_p].fd = tcp_fd;
             p[max_p++].events = POLLIN;
         } else {
@@ -1580,7 +1580,7 @@ static int udp_read_packet(AVFormatContext *s, RTSPStream **prtsp_st,
         for (i = 0; i < rt->nb_rtsp_streams; i++) {
             rtsp_st = rt->rtsp_streams[i];
             if (rtsp_st->rtp_handle) {
-                p[max_p].fd = url_get_file_handle(rtsp_st->rtp_handle);
+                p[max_p].fd = ffurl_get_file_handle(rtsp_st->rtp_handle);
                 p[max_p++].events = POLLIN;
                 p[max_p].fd = rtp_get_rtcp_file_handle(rtsp_st->rtp_handle);
                 p[max_p++].events = POLLIN;
@@ -1887,7 +1887,7 @@ static int rtp_read_header(AVFormatContext *s,
         payload_type = recvbuf[1] & 0x7f;
         break;
     }
-    getsockname(url_get_file_handle(in), (struct sockaddr*) &addr, &addrlen);
+    getsockname(ffurl_get_file_handle(in), (struct sockaddr*) &addr, &addrlen);
     ffurl_close(in);
     in = NULL;
 
diff --git a/libavformat/rtspenc.c b/libavformat/rtspenc.c
index b4b26204f9ea34f972a2f8bf618291b2c2045f32..684f2fe558803131cdd6f51b18fbd8fd94b451b8 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtspenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtspenc.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static int rtsp_write_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt)
     RTSPState *rt = s->priv_data;
     RTSPStream *rtsp_st;
     int n;
-    struct pollfd p = {url_get_file_handle(rt->rtsp_hd), POLLIN, 0};
+    struct pollfd p = {ffurl_get_file_handle(rt->rtsp_hd), POLLIN, 0};
     AVFormatContext *rtpctx;
     int ret;
 
diff --git a/libavformat/sapdec.c b/libavformat/sapdec.c
index c3e7a8bbc0636bc29f3facda1f5d727d5270399e..ed22e0b4c495d62ac927840f12bdcd91ad0cfa72 100644
--- a/libavformat/sapdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/sapdec.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ fail:
 static int sap_fetch_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt)
 {
     struct SAPState *sap = s->priv_data;
-    int fd = url_get_file_handle(sap->ann_fd);
+    int fd = ffurl_get_file_handle(sap->ann_fd);
     int n, ret;
     struct pollfd p = {fd, POLLIN, 0};
     uint8_t recvbuf[1500];
diff --git a/libavformat/sapenc.c b/libavformat/sapenc.c
index ad8cbac52f285adf4df8e407f75375f3db260724..14be5a7428ae3e044dd5aaab956757998dd81630 100644
--- a/libavformat/sapenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/sapenc.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static int sap_write_header(AVFormatContext *s)
         goto fail;
     }
 
-    udp_fd = url_get_file_handle(sap->ann_fd);
+    udp_fd = ffurl_get_file_handle(sap->ann_fd);
     if (getsockname(udp_fd, (struct sockaddr*) &localaddr, &addrlen)) {
         ret = AVERROR(EIO);
         goto fail;
diff --git a/libavformat/url.h b/libavformat/url.h
index df3cb46df9fd9d15e2458cf7d0c300a8af6d23f9..eea9678ddcbae9919f385e37e77781938c7c0a15 100644
--- a/libavformat/url.h
+++ b/libavformat/url.h
@@ -118,4 +118,12 @@ int ffurl_close(URLContext *h);
  */
 int64_t ffurl_size(URLContext *h);
 
+/**
+ * Return the file descriptor associated with this URL. For RTP, this
+ * will return only the RTP file descriptor, not the RTCP file descriptor.
+ *
+ * @return the file descriptor associated with this URL, or <0 on error.
+ */
+int ffurl_get_file_handle(URLContext *h);
+
 #endif //AVFORMAT_URL_H