diff --git a/src/components/gfx/render_task.rs b/src/components/gfx/render_task.rs
index 312321deb0f..3cdd4adc4ab 100644
--- a/src/components/gfx/render_task.rs
+++ b/src/components/gfx/render_task.rs
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ use layers::platform::surface::{NativePaintingGraphicsContext, NativeSurface};
 use layers::platform::surface::{NativeSurfaceMethods};
 use layers::layers::{BufferRequest, LayerBuffer, LayerBufferSet};
 use layers;
-use native;
-use rustrt::task;
-use rustrt::task::TaskOpts;
 use servo_msg::compositor_msg::{Epoch, IdleRenderState, LayerId};
 use servo_msg::compositor_msg::{LayerMetadata, RenderListener, RenderingRenderState, ScrollPolicy};
 use servo_msg::constellation_msg::{ConstellationChan, Failure, FailureMsg, PipelineId};
@@ -30,6 +27,7 @@ use servo_msg::platform::surface::NativeSurfaceAzureMethods;
 use servo_util::geometry;
 use servo_util::opts::Opts;
 use servo_util::smallvec::{SmallVec, SmallVec1};
+use servo_util::task::spawn_named_with_send_on_failure;
 use servo_util::time::{TimeProfilerChan, profile};
 use servo_util::time;
 use std::comm::{Receiver, Sender, channel};
@@ -161,17 +159,7 @@ impl<C:RenderListener + Send> RenderTask<C> {
         let ConstellationChan(c) = constellation_chan.clone();
         let fc = font_cache_task.clone();
 
-        let mut task_opts = TaskOpts::new();
-        task_opts.name = Some("RenderTask".into_maybe_owned());
-        task_opts.on_exit = Some(proc(result: task::Result) {
-            match result {
-                Ok(()) => {},
-                Err(..) => {
-                    c.send(FailureMsg(failure_msg));
-                }
-            }
-        });
-        native::task::spawn_opts(task_opts, proc() {
+        spawn_named_with_send_on_failure("RenderTask", proc() {
             { // Ensures RenderTask and graphics context are destroyed before shutdown msg
                 let native_graphics_context = compositor.get_graphics_metadata().map(
                     |md| NativePaintingGraphicsContext::from_metadata(&md));
@@ -213,7 +201,7 @@ impl<C:RenderListener + Send> RenderTask<C> {
 
             debug!("render_task: shutdown_chan send");
             shutdown_chan.send(());
-        });
+        }, FailureMsg(failure_msg), c, true);
     }
 
     fn start(&mut self) {