diff --git a/extensions/common/error_utils.cc b/extensions/common/error_utils.cc
index 4c40e20e20feea..2343c04bf7edfb 100644
--- a/extensions/common/error_utils.cc
+++ b/extensions/common/error_utils.cc
@@ -38,29 +38,20 @@ std::string ErrorUtils::FormatErrorMessage(const std::string& format,
 
 base::string16 ErrorUtils::FormatErrorMessageUTF16(const std::string& format,
                                                    const std::string& s1) {
-  std::string ret_val = format;
-  ReplaceFirstSubstringAfterOffset(&ret_val, 0, "*", s1);
-  return base::UTF8ToUTF16(ret_val);
+  return base::UTF8ToUTF16(FormatErrorMessage(format, s1));
 }
 
 base::string16 ErrorUtils::FormatErrorMessageUTF16(const std::string& format,
                                                    const std::string& s1,
                                                    const std::string& s2) {
-  std::string ret_val = format;
-  ReplaceFirstSubstringAfterOffset(&ret_val, 0, "*", s1);
-  ReplaceFirstSubstringAfterOffset(&ret_val, 0, "*", s2);
-  return base::UTF8ToUTF16(ret_val);
+  return base::UTF8ToUTF16(FormatErrorMessage(format, s1, s2));
 }
 
 base::string16 ErrorUtils::FormatErrorMessageUTF16(const std::string& format,
                                                    const std::string& s1,
                                                    const std::string& s2,
                                                    const std::string& s3) {
-  std::string ret_val = format;
-  ReplaceFirstSubstringAfterOffset(&ret_val, 0, "*", s1);
-  ReplaceFirstSubstringAfterOffset(&ret_val, 0, "*", s2);
-  ReplaceFirstSubstringAfterOffset(&ret_val, 0, "*", s3);
-  return base::UTF8ToUTF16(ret_val);
+  return base::UTF8ToUTF16(FormatErrorMessage(format, s1, s2, s3));
 }
 
-}  // namespace
+}  // namespace extensions