diff --git a/gfx/gl/GLTextureImage.cpp b/gfx/gl/GLTextureImage.cpp
index b3dd425974c0..5663fb3dcdbd 100644
--- a/gfx/gl/GLTextureImage.cpp
+++ b/gfx/gl/GLTextureImage.cpp
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ BasicTextureImage::EndUpdate()
     RefPtr<gfx::DataSourceSurface> updateData = updateSnapshot->GetDataSurface();
 
     bool relative = FinishedSurfaceUpdate();
-    bool needInit = mTextureState == Created;
     size_t uploadSize;
     mTextureFormat =
         UploadSurfaceToTexture(mGLContext,
@@ -181,7 +180,7 @@ BasicTextureImage::EndUpdate()
                                mUpdateRegion,
                                mTexture,
                                &uploadSize,
-                               needInit,
+                               mTextureState == Created,
                                mUpdateOffset,
                                relative);
     FinishedSurfaceUpload();
@@ -231,14 +230,13 @@ BasicTextureImage::DirectUpdate(gfx::DataSourceSurface* aSurf, const nsIntRegion
     }
 
     size_t uploadSize;
-    bool needInit = mTextureState == Created;
     mTextureFormat =
         UploadSurfaceToTexture(mGLContext,
                                aSurf,
                                region,
                                mTexture,
                                &uploadSize,
-                               needInit,
+                               mTextureState == Created,
                                bounds.TopLeft() + IntPoint(aFrom.x, aFrom.y),
                                false);
     if (uploadSize > 0) {
diff --git a/gfx/gl/GLUploadHelpers.cpp b/gfx/gl/GLUploadHelpers.cpp
index cf673ba497e5..fa37dd0b8d66 100644
--- a/gfx/gl/GLUploadHelpers.cpp
+++ b/gfx/gl/GLUploadHelpers.cpp
@@ -432,12 +432,12 @@ UploadImageDataToTexture(GLContext* gl,
                          const nsIntRegion& aDstRegion,
                          GLuint& aTexture,
                          size_t* aOutUploadSize,
-                         bool aNeedInit,
+                         bool aOverwrite,
                          bool aPixelBuffer,
                          GLenum aTextureUnit,
                          GLenum aTextureTarget)
 {
-    bool textureInited = aNeedInit ? false : true;
+    bool textureInited = aOverwrite ? false : true;
     gl->MakeCurrent();
     gl->fActiveTexture(aTextureUnit);
 
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ UploadSurfaceToTexture(GLContext* gl,
                        const nsIntRegion& aDstRegion,
                        GLuint& aTexture,
                        size_t* aOutUploadSize,
-                       bool aNeedInit,
+                       bool aOverwrite,
                        const gfx::IntPoint& aSrcPoint,
                        bool aPixelBuffer,
                        GLenum aTextureUnit,
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ UploadSurfaceToTexture(GLContext* gl,
     data += DataOffset(aSrcPoint, stride, format);
     return UploadImageDataToTexture(gl, data, stride, format,
                                     aDstRegion, aTexture, aOutUploadSize,
-                                    aNeedInit, aPixelBuffer, aTextureUnit,
+                                    aOverwrite, aPixelBuffer, aTextureUnit,
                                     aTextureTarget);
 }
 
diff --git a/gfx/gl/GLUploadHelpers.h b/gfx/gl/GLUploadHelpers.h
index a641b453722e..25a3348855a7 100644
--- a/gfx/gl/GLUploadHelpers.h
+++ b/gfx/gl/GLUploadHelpers.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ UploadImageDataToTexture(GLContext* gl,
                          const nsIntRegion& aDstRegion,
                          GLuint& aTexture,
                          size_t* aOutUploadSize = nullptr,
-                         bool aNeedInit = false,
+                         bool aOverwrite = false,
                          bool aPixelBuffer = false,
                          GLenum aTextureUnit = LOCAL_GL_TEXTURE0,
                          GLenum aTextureTarget = LOCAL_GL_TEXTURE_2D);
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ UploadSurfaceToTexture(GLContext* gl,
                        const nsIntRegion& aDstRegion,
                        GLuint& aTexture,
                        size_t* aOutUploadSize = nullptr,
-                       bool aNeedInit = false,
+                       bool aOverwrite = false,
                        const gfx::IntPoint& aSrcPoint = gfx::IntPoint(0, 0),
                        bool aPixelBuffer = false,
                        GLenum aTextureUnit = LOCAL_GL_TEXTURE0,
diff --git a/gfx/gl/TextureImageEGL.cpp b/gfx/gl/TextureImageEGL.cpp
index 9e3da7765eae..31150f08b7e8 100644
--- a/gfx/gl/TextureImageEGL.cpp
+++ b/gfx/gl/TextureImageEGL.cpp
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ TextureImageEGL::DirectUpdate(gfx::DataSourceSurface* aSurf, const nsIntRegion&
         region = aRegion;
     }
 
-    bool needInit = mTextureState == Created;
     size_t uploadSize = 0;
     mTextureFormat =
       UploadSurfaceToTexture(mGLContext,
@@ -215,7 +214,7 @@ TextureImageEGL::DirectUpdate(gfx::DataSourceSurface* aSurf, const nsIntRegion&
                              region,
                              mTexture,
                              &uploadSize,
-                             needInit,
+                             mTextureState == Created,
                              bounds.TopLeft() + gfx::IntPoint(aFrom.x, aFrom.y),
                              false);
     if (uploadSize > 0) {