diff --git a/common/common.c b/common/common.c
index eead096d5a..a07af8c461 100644
--- a/common/common.c
+++ b/common/common.c
@@ -287,3 +287,12 @@ char *mp_tag_str_buf(char *buf, size_t buf_size, uint32_t tag)
     }
     return buf;
 }
+
+char *mp_tprintf_buf(char *buf, size_t buf_size, const char *format, ...)
+{
+    va_list ap;
+    va_start(ap, format);
+    vsnprintf(buf, buf_size, format, ap);
+    va_end(ap);
+    return buf;
+}
diff --git a/common/common.h b/common/common.h
index 4f944c99ba..fb40d251f1 100644
--- a/common/common.h
+++ b/common/common.h
@@ -101,4 +101,12 @@ char *mp_strerror_buf(char *buf, size_t buf_size, int errnum);
 char *mp_tag_str_buf(char *buf, size_t buf_size, uint32_t tag);
 #define mp_tag_str(t) mp_tag_str_buf((char[22]){0}, 22, t)
 
+// Return a printf(format, ...) formatted string of the given SIZE. SIZE must
+// be a compile time constant. The result is allocated on the stack and valid
+// only within the current block scope.
+#define mp_tprintf(SIZE, format, ...) \
+    mp_tprintf_buf((char[SIZE]){0}, (SIZE), (format), __VA_ARGS__)
+char *mp_tprintf_buf(char *buf, size_t buf_size, const char *format, ...)
+    PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE(3, 4);
+
 #endif /* MPLAYER_MPCOMMON_H */
diff --git a/video/out/opengl/utils.c b/video/out/opengl/utils.c
index f5c639d98d..2624ad7715 100644
--- a/video/out/opengl/utils.c
+++ b/video/out/opengl/utils.c
@@ -919,8 +919,7 @@ static GLuint compile_program(struct gl_shader_cache *sc, const char *vertex,
     compile_attach_shader(sc, prog, GL_VERTEX_SHADER, vertex);
     compile_attach_shader(sc, prog, GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER, frag);
     for (int n = 0; sc->vertex_entries[n].name; n++) {
-        char vname[80];
-        snprintf(vname, sizeof(vname), "vertex_%s", sc->vertex_entries[n].name);
+        char *vname = mp_tprintf(80, "vertex_%s", sc->vertex_entries[n].name);
         gl->BindAttribLocation(prog, n, vname);
     }
     link_shader(sc, prog);
diff --git a/video/out/opengl/video.c b/video/out/opengl/video.c
index 9587eaaa5f..682825b6f9 100644
--- a/video/out/opengl/video.c
+++ b/video/out/opengl/video.c
@@ -1104,14 +1104,10 @@ static void pass_prepare_src_tex(struct gl_video *p)
         if (!s->gl_tex)
             continue;
 
-        char texture_name[32];
-        char texture_size[32];
-        char texture_rot[32];
-        char pixel_size[32];
-        snprintf(texture_name, sizeof(texture_name), "texture%d", n);
-        snprintf(texture_size, sizeof(texture_size), "texture_size%d", n);
-        snprintf(texture_rot, sizeof(texture_rot), "texture_rot%d", n);
-        snprintf(pixel_size, sizeof(pixel_size), "pixel_size%d", n);
+        char *texture_name = mp_tprintf(32, "texture%d", n);
+        char *texture_size = mp_tprintf(32, "texture_size%d", n);
+        char *texture_rot = mp_tprintf(32, "texture_rot%d", n);
+        char *pixel_size = mp_tprintf(32, "pixel_size%d", n);
 
         if (gl_is_integer_format(s->gl_format)) {
             gl_sc_uniform_tex_ui(sc, texture_name, s->gl_tex);