diff --git a/include/view.h b/include/view.h
index dc8a94c9..e6501a90 100644
--- a/include/view.h
+++ b/include/view.h
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ void view_reload_ssd(struct view *view);
 void view_impl_map(struct view *view);
 void view_adjust_size(struct view *view, int *w, int *h);
 
+void view_evacuate_region(struct view *view);
 void view_on_output_destroy(struct view *view);
 void view_destroy(struct view *view);
 
diff --git a/src/regions.c b/src/regions.c
index 7ca2d9d2..8587055a 100644
--- a/src/regions.c
+++ b/src/regions.c
@@ -219,12 +219,7 @@ regions_evacuate_output(struct output *output)
 	wl_list_for_each(view, &output->server->views, link) {
 		wl_list_for_each(region, &output->regions, link) {
 			if (view->tiled_region == region) {
-				if (!view->tiled_region_evacuate) {
-					view->tiled_region_evacuate =
-						xstrdup(region->name);
-				}
-				/* Prevent carrying around a dangling pointer */
-				view->tiled_region = NULL;
+				view_evacuate_region(view);
 				break;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/view.c b/src/view.c
index 5966f5f9..8c166bea 100644
--- a/src/view.c
+++ b/src/view.c
@@ -774,6 +774,17 @@ view_discover_output(struct view *view)
 	view->output = view_output(view);
 }
 
+void
+view_evacuate_region(struct view *view)
+{
+	assert(view);
+	assert(view->tiled_region);
+	if (!view->tiled_region_evacuate) {
+		view->tiled_region_evacuate = xstrdup(view->tiled_region->name);
+	}
+	view->tiled_region = NULL;
+}
+
 void
 view_on_output_destroy(struct view *view)
 {