diff --git a/src/render/SDL_render.c b/src/render/SDL_render.c
index e2ebf6b79a..06c0381ca8 100644
--- a/src/render/SDL_render.c
+++ b/src/render/SDL_render.c
@@ -3869,9 +3869,6 @@ static bool SDL_RenderTextureInternal(SDL_Renderer *renderer, SDL_Texture *textu
 
 bool SDL_RenderTexture(SDL_Renderer *renderer, SDL_Texture *texture, const SDL_FRect *srcrect, const SDL_FRect *dstrect)
 {
-    SDL_FRect real_srcrect;
-    SDL_FRect real_dstrect;
-
     CHECK_RENDERER_MAGIC(renderer, false);
     CHECK_TEXTURE_MAGIC(texture, false);
 
@@ -3886,6 +3883,7 @@ bool SDL_RenderTexture(SDL_Renderer *renderer, SDL_Texture *texture, const SDL_F
     }
 #endif
 
+    SDL_FRect real_srcrect;
     real_srcrect.x = 0.0f;
     real_srcrect.y = 0.0f;
     real_srcrect.w = (float)texture->w;
@@ -3896,9 +3894,10 @@ bool SDL_RenderTexture(SDL_Renderer *renderer, SDL_Texture *texture, const SDL_F
         }
     }
 
-    GetRenderViewportSize(renderer, &real_dstrect);
-    if (dstrect) {
-        real_dstrect = *dstrect;
+    SDL_FRect full_dstrect;
+    if (!dstrect) {
+        GetRenderViewportSize(renderer, &full_dstrect);
+        dstrect = &full_dstrect;
     }
 
     if (texture->native) {
@@ -3907,7 +3906,7 @@ bool SDL_RenderTexture(SDL_Renderer *renderer, SDL_Texture *texture, const SDL_F
 
     texture->last_command_generation = renderer->render_command_generation;
 
-    return SDL_RenderTextureInternal(renderer, texture, &real_srcrect, &real_dstrect);
+    return SDL_RenderTextureInternal(renderer, texture, &real_srcrect, dstrect);
 }
 
 bool SDL_RenderTextureAffine(SDL_Renderer *renderer, SDL_Texture *texture,
@@ -4032,7 +4031,6 @@ bool SDL_RenderTextureRotated(SDL_Renderer *renderer, SDL_Texture *texture,
                       const double angle, const SDL_FPoint *center, const SDL_FlipMode flip)
 {
     SDL_FRect real_srcrect;
-    SDL_FRect real_dstrect;
     SDL_FPoint real_center;
     bool result;
 
@@ -4068,10 +4066,10 @@ bool SDL_RenderTextureRotated(SDL_Renderer *renderer, SDL_Texture *texture,
     }
 
     // We don't intersect the dstrect with the viewport as RenderCopy does because of potential rotation clipping issues... TODO: should we?
-    if (dstrect) {
-        real_dstrect = *dstrect;
-    } else {
-        GetRenderViewportSize(renderer, &real_dstrect);
+    SDL_FRect full_dstrect;
+    if (!dstrect) {
+        GetRenderViewportSize(renderer, &full_dstrect);
+        dstrect = &full_dstrect;
     }
 
     if (texture->native) {
@@ -4081,8 +4079,8 @@ bool SDL_RenderTextureRotated(SDL_Renderer *renderer, SDL_Texture *texture,
     if (center) {
         real_center = *center;
     } else {
-        real_center.x = real_dstrect.w / 2.0f;
-        real_center.y = real_dstrect.h / 2.0f;
+        real_center.x = dstrect->w / 2.0f;
+        real_center.y = dstrect->h / 2.0f;
     }
 
     texture->last_command_generation = renderer->render_command_generation;
@@ -4116,23 +4114,23 @@ bool SDL_RenderTextureRotated(SDL_Renderer *renderer, SDL_Texture *texture,
         maxu = (real_srcrect.x + real_srcrect.w) / texture->w;
         maxv = (real_srcrect.y + real_srcrect.h) / texture->h;
 
-        centerx = real_center.x + real_dstrect.x;
-        centery = real_center.y + real_dstrect.y;
+        centerx = real_center.x + dstrect->x;
+        centery = real_center.y + dstrect->y;
 
         if (flip & SDL_FLIP_HORIZONTAL) {
-            minx = real_dstrect.x + real_dstrect.w;
-            maxx = real_dstrect.x;
+            minx = dstrect->x + dstrect->w;
+            maxx = dstrect->x;
         } else {
-            minx = real_dstrect.x;
-            maxx = real_dstrect.x + real_dstrect.w;
+            minx = dstrect->x;
+            maxx = dstrect->x + dstrect->w;
         }
 
         if (flip & SDL_FLIP_VERTICAL) {
-            miny = real_dstrect.y + real_dstrect.h;
-            maxy = real_dstrect.y;
+            miny = dstrect->y + dstrect->h;
+            maxy = dstrect->y;
         } else {
-            miny = real_dstrect.y;
-            maxy = real_dstrect.y + real_dstrect.h;
+            miny = dstrect->y;
+            maxy = dstrect->y + dstrect->h;
         }
 
         uv[0] = minu;
@@ -4173,7 +4171,7 @@ bool SDL_RenderTextureRotated(SDL_Renderer *renderer, SDL_Texture *texture,
                                   num_vertices, indices, num_indices, size_indices,
                                   scale_x, scale_y, SDL_TEXTURE_ADDRESS_CLAMP);
     } else {
-        result = QueueCmdCopyEx(renderer, texture, &real_srcrect, &real_dstrect, angle, &real_center, flip, scale_x, scale_y);
+        result = QueueCmdCopyEx(renderer, texture, &real_srcrect, dstrect, angle, &real_center, flip, scale_x, scale_y);
     }
     return result;
 }