diff --git a/tools/releasetools/common.py b/tools/releasetools/common.py
index c685dd6..cfa81e1 100644
--- a/tools/releasetools/common.py
+++ b/tools/releasetools/common.py
@@ -768,30 +768,46 @@
     shutil.copyfileobj(in_file, out_file)
 
 
+def UnzipToDir(filename, dirname, pattern=None):
+  """Unzips the archive to the given directory.
+
+  Args:
+    filename: The name of the zip file to unzip.
+
+    dirname: Where the unziped files will land.
+
+    pattern: Files to unzip from the archive. If omitted, will unzip the entire
+    archvie.
+  """
+
+  cmd = ["unzip", "-o", "-q", filename, "-d", dirname]
+  if pattern is not None:
+    cmd.extend(pattern)
+  RunAndCheckOutput(cmd)
+
+
 def UnzipTemp(filename, pattern=None):
   """Unzips the given archive into a temporary directory and returns the name.
 
-  If filename is of the form "foo.zip+bar.zip", unzip foo.zip into a temp dir,
-  then unzip bar.zip into that_dir/BOOTABLE_IMAGES.
+  Args:
+    filename: If filename is of the form "foo.zip+bar.zip", unzip foo.zip into
+    a temp dir, then unzip bar.zip into that_dir/BOOTABLE_IMAGES.
+
+    pattern: Files to unzip from the archive. If omitted, will unzip the entire
+    archvie.
 
   Returns:
     The name of the temporary directory.
   """
 
-  def unzip_to_dir(filename, dirname):
-    cmd = ["unzip", "-o", "-q", filename, "-d", dirname]
-    if pattern is not None:
-      cmd.extend(pattern)
-    RunAndCheckOutput(cmd)
-
   tmp = MakeTempDir(prefix="targetfiles-")
   m = re.match(r"^(.*[.]zip)\+(.*[.]zip)$", filename, re.IGNORECASE)
   if m:
-    unzip_to_dir(m.group(1), tmp)
-    unzip_to_dir(m.group(2), os.path.join(tmp, "BOOTABLE_IMAGES"))
+    UnzipToDir(m.group(1), tmp, pattern)
+    UnzipToDir(m.group(2), os.path.join(tmp, "BOOTABLE_IMAGES"), pattern)
     filename = m.group(1)
   else:
-    unzip_to_dir(filename, tmp)
+    UnzipToDir(filename, tmp, pattern)
 
   return tmp
 
diff --git a/tools/releasetools/merge_target_files.py b/tools/releasetools/merge_target_files.py
index b2bb020..2645829 100755
--- a/tools/releasetools/merge_target_files.py
+++ b/tools/releasetools/merge_target_files.py
@@ -163,19 +163,13 @@
     else:
       filtered_extract_item_list.append(pattern)
 
-  # Extract the filtered_extract_item_list from target_files into
-  # target_files_temp_dir.
+  # Extract from target_files into target_files_temp_dir the
+  # filtered_extract_item_list.
 
-  # TODO(b/124464492): Extend common.UnzipTemp() to handle this use case.
-  command = [
-      'unzip',
-      '-n',
-      '-q',
-      '-d', target_files_temp_dir,
-      target_files
-  ] + filtered_extract_item_list
-
-  common.RunAndWait(command, verbose=True)
+  common.UnzipToDir(
+      target_files,
+      target_files_temp_dir,
+      filtered_extract_item_list)
 
 
 def process_ab_partitions_txt(