diff --git a/examples/HelloTriangle.cpp b/examples/HelloTriangle.cpp
index a35b4d65a1..20767243a3 100644
--- a/examples/HelloTriangle.cpp
+++ b/examples/HelloTriangle.cpp
@@ -56,16 +56,8 @@ void initTextures() {
         .SetAllowedUsage(nxt::TextureUsageBit::TransferDst | nxt::TextureUsageBit::Sampled)
         .GetResult();
 
-    {
-        nxt::SamplerDescriptor desc;
-        desc.minFilter = nxt::FilterMode::Linear;
-        desc.magFilter = nxt::FilterMode::Linear;
-        desc.mipmapFilter = nxt::FilterMode::Linear;
-        desc.addressModeU = nxt::AddressMode::Repeat;
-        desc.addressModeV = nxt::AddressMode::Repeat;
-        desc.addressModeW = nxt::AddressMode::Repeat;
-        sampler = device.CreateSampler(&desc);
-    }
+    nxt::SamplerDescriptor samplerDesc = utils::GetDefaultSamplerDescriptor();
+    sampler = device.CreateSampler(&samplerDesc);
 
     // Initialize the texture with arbitrary data until we can load images
     std::vector<uint8_t> data(4 * 1024 * 1024, 0);
diff --git a/examples/RenderToTexture.cpp b/examples/RenderToTexture.cpp
index c2be03469f..41cd131f65 100644
--- a/examples/RenderToTexture.cpp
+++ b/examples/RenderToTexture.cpp
@@ -64,16 +64,8 @@ void initTextures() {
         .GetResult();
     renderTargetView = renderTarget.CreateTextureViewBuilder().GetResult();
 
-    {
-        nxt::SamplerDescriptor desc;
-        desc.minFilter = nxt::FilterMode::Linear;
-        desc.magFilter = nxt::FilterMode::Linear;
-        desc.mipmapFilter = nxt::FilterMode::Linear;
-        desc.addressModeU = nxt::AddressMode::Repeat;
-        desc.addressModeV = nxt::AddressMode::Repeat;
-        desc.addressModeW = nxt::AddressMode::Repeat;
-        samplerPost = device.CreateSampler(&desc);
-    }
+    nxt::SamplerDescriptor samplerDesc = utils::GetDefaultSamplerDescriptor();
+    samplerPost = device.CreateSampler(&samplerDesc);
 }
 
 void initPipeline() {
diff --git a/examples/glTFViewer/glTFViewer.cpp b/examples/glTFViewer/glTFViewer.cpp
index 610ec3f145..bb00f357f1 100644
--- a/examples/glTFViewer/glTFViewer.cpp
+++ b/examples/glTFViewer/glTFViewer.cpp
@@ -336,14 +336,8 @@ namespace {
             const auto& iSamplerID = s.first;
             const auto& iSampler = s.second;
 
-            nxt::SamplerDescriptor desc;
-            desc.magFilter = nxt::FilterMode::Nearest;
-            desc.minFilter = nxt::FilterMode::Nearest;
-            desc.mipmapFilter = nxt::FilterMode::Nearest;
+            nxt::SamplerDescriptor desc = utils::GetDefaultSamplerDescriptor();
             // TODO: wrap modes
-            desc.addressModeU = nxt::AddressMode::Repeat;
-            desc.addressModeV = nxt::AddressMode::Repeat;
-            desc.addressModeW = nxt::AddressMode::Repeat;
 
             switch (iSampler.magFilter) {
                 case gl::Nearest:
diff --git a/src/utils/NXTHelpers.cpp b/src/utils/NXTHelpers.cpp
index 7edcc9af24..e2de02b3a8 100644
--- a/src/utils/NXTHelpers.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/NXTHelpers.cpp
@@ -137,4 +137,17 @@ namespace utils {
         return result;
     }
 
+    nxt::SamplerDescriptor GetDefaultSamplerDescriptor() {
+        nxt::SamplerDescriptor desc;
+
+        desc.minFilter = nxt::FilterMode::Linear;
+        desc.magFilter = nxt::FilterMode::Linear;
+        desc.mipmapFilter = nxt::FilterMode::Linear;
+        desc.addressModeU = nxt::AddressMode::Repeat;
+        desc.addressModeV = nxt::AddressMode::Repeat;
+        desc.addressModeW = nxt::AddressMode::Repeat;
+
+        return desc;
+    }
+
 }  // namespace utils
diff --git a/src/utils/NXTHelpers.h b/src/utils/NXTHelpers.h
index e2a9bc704a..67959c0a9c 100644
--- a/src/utils/NXTHelpers.h
+++ b/src/utils/NXTHelpers.h
@@ -48,4 +48,6 @@ namespace utils {
                                           uint32_t width,
                                           uint32_t height);
 
+    nxt::SamplerDescriptor GetDefaultSamplerDescriptor();
+
 }  // namespace utils