diff --git a/src/bitmap.rs b/src/bitmap.rs
index 5db4af0..b8b482f 100644
--- a/src/bitmap.rs
+++ b/src/bitmap.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 use crate::byte_slice::ByteSlice;
-use crate::{heap_drop, heap_move, heap_move_nonnull, heap_remove, SPBitVec};
+use crate::{
+    heap_drop, heap_move_nonnull, heap_move_ok, heap_move_some, heap_remove,
+    SPBitVec,
+};
 use servicepoint::{
     Bitmap, BitmapCommand, CompressionCode, DataRef, Grid, Origin, Packet,
 };
@@ -33,11 +36,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn sp_bitmap_new(
     width: usize,
     height: usize,
 ) -> *mut Bitmap {
-    if let Some(bitmap) = Bitmap::new(width, height) {
-        heap_move(bitmap)
-    } else {
-        std::ptr::null_mut()
-    }
+    heap_move_some(Bitmap::new(width, height))
 }
 
 /// Creates a new [Bitmap] with a size matching the screen.
@@ -63,11 +62,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn sp_bitmap_load(
     data: ByteSlice,
 ) -> *mut Bitmap {
     let data = unsafe { data.as_slice() };
-    if let Ok(bitmap) = Bitmap::load(width, height, data) {
-        heap_move(bitmap)
-    } else {
-        std::ptr::null_mut()
-    }
+    heap_move_ok(Bitmap::load(width, height, data))
 }
 
 /// Tries to convert the BitVec to a Bitmap.
@@ -81,11 +76,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn sp_bitmap_from_bitvec(
     bitvec: NonNull<SPBitVec>,
 ) -> *mut Bitmap {
     let bitvec = unsafe { heap_remove(bitvec) };
-    if let Ok(bitmap) = Bitmap::from_bitvec(width, bitvec.0) {
-        heap_move(bitmap)
-    } else {
-        std::ptr::null_mut()
-    }
+    heap_move_ok(Bitmap::from_bitvec(width, bitvec.0))
 }
 
 /// Clones a [Bitmap].
@@ -215,12 +206,9 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn sp_bitmap_into_packet(
     compression: CompressionCode,
 ) -> *mut Packet {
     let bitmap = unsafe { heap_remove(bitmap) };
-    match Packet::try_from(BitmapCommand {
+    heap_move_ok(Packet::try_from(BitmapCommand {
         bitmap,
         origin: Origin::new(x, y),
         compression,
-    }) {
-        Ok(packet) => heap_move(packet),
-        Err(_) => std::ptr::null_mut(),
-    }
+    }))
 }
diff --git a/src/bitvec.rs b/src/bitvec.rs
index 0e7ee5e..b988df6 100644
--- a/src/bitvec.rs
+++ b/src/bitvec.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-use crate::{heap_drop, heap_move, heap_move_nonnull, heap_remove, ByteSlice};
+use crate::{
+    heap_drop, heap_move_nonnull, heap_move_ok, heap_remove, ByteSlice,
+};
 use servicepoint::{
     BinaryOperation, BitVecCommand, CompressionCode, DisplayBitVec, Packet,
 };
@@ -162,13 +164,10 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn sp_bitvec_into_packet(
     compression: CompressionCode,
 ) -> *mut Packet {
     let bitvec = unsafe { heap_remove(bitvec) }.0;
-    match Packet::try_from(BitVecCommand {
+    heap_move_ok(Packet::try_from(BitVecCommand {
         bitvec,
         offset,
         operation,
         compression,
-    }) {
-        Ok(packet) => heap_move(packet),
-        Err(_) => std::ptr::null_mut(),
-    }
+    }))
 }
diff --git a/src/brightness_grid.rs b/src/brightness_grid.rs
index 1099be0..2dd985a 100644
--- a/src/brightness_grid.rs
+++ b/src/brightness_grid.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-use crate::{heap_drop, heap_move, heap_move_nonnull, heap_remove, ByteSlice};
+use crate::{
+    heap_drop, heap_move_nonnull, heap_move_ok, heap_move_some, heap_remove,
+    ByteSlice,
+};
 use servicepoint::{
     Brightness, BrightnessGrid, BrightnessGridCommand, ByteGrid, DataRef, Grid,
     Origin, Packet,
@@ -43,13 +46,10 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn sp_brightness_grid_load(
     data: ByteSlice,
 ) -> *mut BrightnessGrid {
     let data = unsafe { data.as_slice() };
-
-    match ByteGrid::load(width, height, data)
-        .map(move |grid| grid.map(Brightness::saturating_from))
-    {
-        None => std::ptr::null_mut(),
-        Some(grid) => heap_move(grid),
-    }
+    heap_move_some(
+        ByteGrid::load(width, height, data)
+            .map(move |grid| grid.map(Brightness::saturating_from)),
+    )
 }
 
 /// Clones a [BrightnessGrid].
@@ -187,11 +187,8 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn sp_brightness_grid_into_packet(
     y: usize,
 ) -> *mut Packet {
     let grid = unsafe { heap_remove(grid) };
-    match Packet::try_from(BrightnessGridCommand {
+    heap_move_ok(Packet::try_from(BrightnessGridCommand {
         grid,
         origin: Origin::new(x, y),
-    }) {
-        Ok(packet) => heap_move(packet),
-        Err(_) => std::ptr::null_mut(),
-    }
+    }))
 }
diff --git a/src/char_grid.rs b/src/char_grid.rs
index bfb2585..e07e8db 100644
--- a/src/char_grid.rs
+++ b/src/char_grid.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-use crate::{heap_drop, heap_move, heap_move_nonnull, heap_remove, ByteSlice};
+use crate::{
+    heap_drop, heap_move_nonnull, heap_move_ok, heap_remove, ByteSlice,
+};
 use servicepoint::{CharGrid, CharGridCommand, Grid, Origin, Packet};
 use std::ptr::NonNull;
 
@@ -32,11 +34,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn sp_char_grid_load(
     data: ByteSlice,
 ) -> *mut CharGrid {
     let data = unsafe { data.as_slice() };
-    if let Ok(grid) = CharGrid::load_utf8(width, height, data.to_vec()) {
-        heap_move(grid)
-    } else {
-        std::ptr::null_mut()
-    }
+    heap_move_ok(CharGrid::load_utf8(width, height, data.to_vec()))
 }
 
 /// Clones a [CharGrid].
@@ -145,11 +143,8 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn sp_char_grid_into_packet(
     y: usize,
 ) -> *mut Packet {
     let grid = unsafe { heap_remove(grid) };
-    match Packet::try_from(CharGridCommand {
+    heap_move_ok(Packet::try_from(CharGridCommand {
         grid,
         origin: Origin::new(x, y),
-    }) {
-        Ok(packet) => heap_move(packet),
-        Err(_) => std::ptr::null_mut(),
-    }
+    }))
 }
diff --git a/src/cp437_grid.rs b/src/cp437_grid.rs
index ff70d2b..5a3daab 100644
--- a/src/cp437_grid.rs
+++ b/src/cp437_grid.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-use crate::{heap_drop, heap_move, heap_move_nonnull, heap_remove, ByteSlice};
+use crate::{
+    heap_drop, heap_move_nonnull, heap_move_ok, heap_move_some, heap_remove,
+    ByteSlice,
+};
 use servicepoint::{
     Cp437Grid, Cp437GridCommand, DataRef, Grid, Origin, Packet,
 };
@@ -23,12 +26,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn sp_cp437_grid_load(
     data: ByteSlice,
 ) -> *mut Cp437Grid {
     let data = unsafe { data.as_slice() };
-    let grid = Cp437Grid::load(width, height, data);
-    if let Some(grid) = grid {
-        heap_move(grid)
-    } else {
-        std::ptr::null_mut()
-    }
+    heap_move_some(Cp437Grid::load(width, height, data))
 }
 
 /// Clones a [Cp437Grid].
@@ -147,11 +145,8 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn sp_cp437_grid_into_packet(
     y: usize,
 ) -> *mut Packet {
     let grid = unsafe { heap_remove(grid) };
-    match Packet::try_from(Cp437GridCommand {
+    heap_move_ok(Packet::try_from(Cp437GridCommand {
         grid,
         origin: Origin::new(x, y),
-    }) {
-        Ok(packet) => heap_move(packet),
-        Err(_) => std::ptr::null_mut(),
-    }
+    }))
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 60c42ab..f69f0b3 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ pub(crate) fn heap_move_nonnull<T>(x: T) -> NonNull<T> {
     NonNull::from(Box::leak(Box::new(x)))
 }
 
+pub(crate) fn heap_move_ok<T, E>(x: Result<T, E>) -> *mut T {
+    x.map(|x| heap_move(x)).unwrap_or(std::ptr::null_mut())
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn heap_move_some<T>(x: Option<T>) -> *mut T {
+    x.map(|x| heap_move(x)).unwrap_or(std::ptr::null_mut())
+}
+
 pub(crate) unsafe fn heap_drop<T>(x: NonNull<T>) {
     drop(unsafe { heap_remove(x) });
 }
diff --git a/src/packet.rs b/src/packet.rs
index d8b1579..a454732 100644
--- a/src/packet.rs
+++ b/src/packet.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-use crate::{heap_drop, heap_move, heap_move_nonnull, heap_remove, ByteSlice};
+use crate::{
+    heap_drop, heap_move_nonnull, heap_move_ok, heap_remove, ByteSlice,
+};
 use servicepoint::{CommandCode, Header, Packet, TypedCommand};
 use std::ptr::NonNull;
 
@@ -11,11 +13,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn sp_packet_from_command(
     command: NonNull<TypedCommand>,
 ) -> *mut Packet {
     let command = unsafe { heap_remove(command) };
-    if let Ok(packet) = command.try_into() {
-        heap_move(packet)
-    } else {
-        std::ptr::null_mut()
-    }
+    heap_move_ok(command.try_into())
 }
 
 /// Tries to load a [Packet] from the passed array with the specified length.
@@ -24,10 +22,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn sp_packet_from_command(
 #[no_mangle]
 pub unsafe extern "C" fn sp_packet_try_load(data: ByteSlice) -> *mut Packet {
     let data = unsafe { data.as_slice() };
-    match servicepoint::Packet::try_from(data) {
-        Err(_) => std::ptr::null_mut(),
-        Ok(packet) => heap_move(packet),
-    }
+    heap_move_ok(servicepoint::Packet::try_from(data))
 }
 
 /// Creates a raw [Packet] from parts.
diff --git a/src/typed_command.rs b/src/typed_command.rs
index 9e27540..df454c4 100644
--- a/src/typed_command.rs
+++ b/src/typed_command.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::{heap_drop, heap_move, heap_move_nonnull, SPBitVec};
+use crate::{heap_drop, heap_move, heap_move_nonnull, heap_move_ok, SPBitVec};
 use servicepoint::{
     BinaryOperation, Bitmap, Brightness, BrightnessGrid, CharGrid,
     CompressionCode, Cp437Grid, GlobalBrightnessCommand, Packet, TypedCommand,
@@ -15,10 +15,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn sp_command_try_from_packet(
     packet: NonNull<Packet>,
 ) -> *mut TypedCommand {
     let packet = *unsafe { Box::from_raw(packet.as_ptr()) };
-    match servicepoint::TypedCommand::try_from(packet) {
-        Err(_) => std::ptr::null_mut(),
-        Ok(command) => heap_move(command),
-    }
+    heap_move_ok(servicepoint::TypedCommand::try_from(packet))
 }
 
 /// Clones a [TypedCommand] instance.
diff --git a/src/udp.rs b/src/udp.rs
index f68aa16..bc8acc3 100644
--- a/src/udp.rs
+++ b/src/udp.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::{heap_drop, heap_move, heap_remove};
+use crate::{heap_drop, heap_move_ok, heap_remove};
 use servicepoint::{Header, Packet, TypedCommand, UdpSocketExt};
 use std::ffi::{c_char, CStr};
 use std::net::{Ipv4Addr, SocketAddrV4, UdpSocket};
@@ -20,12 +20,8 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn sp_udp_open(host: NonNull<c_char>) -> *mut UdpSocket {
     let host = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(host.as_ptr()) }
         .to_str()
         .expect("Bad encoding");
-    let connection = match UdpSocket::bind_connect(host) {
-        Err(_) => return std::ptr::null_mut(),
-        Ok(value) => value,
-    };
 
-    heap_move(connection)
+    heap_move_ok(UdpSocket::bind_connect(host))
 }
 
 /// Creates a new instance of [UdpConnection].
@@ -48,11 +44,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn sp_udp_open_ipv4(
     port: u16,
 ) -> *mut UdpSocket {
     let addr = SocketAddrV4::new(Ipv4Addr::from([ip1, ip2, ip3, ip4]), port);
-    let connection = match UdpSocket::bind_connect(addr) {
-        Err(_) => return std::ptr::null_mut(),
-        Ok(value) => value,
-    };
-    heap_move(connection)
+    heap_move_ok(UdpSocket::bind_connect(addr))
 }
 
 /// Sends a [Packet] to the display using the [UdpConnection].