diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index be63e8bbb6d21a87b46a5be588e2fce2886582d7..2e05cf1140832f0881fb2feff570d705cc60f93d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -3085,25 +3085,6 @@ int i915_gem_reset_prepare(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static void skip_request(struct i915_request *request)
-{
-	void *vaddr = request->ring->vaddr;
-	u32 head;
-
-	/* As this request likely depends on state from the lost
-	 * context, clear out all the user operations leaving the
-	 * breadcrumb at the end (so we get the fence notifications).
-	 */
-	head = request->head;
-	if (request->postfix < head) {
-		memset(vaddr + head, 0, request->ring->size - head);
-		head = 0;
-	}
-	memset(vaddr + head, 0, request->postfix - head);
-
-	dma_fence_set_error(&request->fence, -EIO);
-}
-
 static void engine_skip_context(struct i915_request *request)
 {
 	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = request->engine;
@@ -3118,10 +3099,10 @@ static void engine_skip_context(struct i915_request *request)
 
 	list_for_each_entry_continue(request, &engine->timeline.requests, link)
 		if (request->gem_context == hung_ctx)
-			skip_request(request);
+			i915_request_skip(request, -EIO);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(request, &timeline->requests, link)
-		skip_request(request);
+		i915_request_skip(request, -EIO);
 
 	spin_unlock(&timeline->lock);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->timeline.lock, flags);
@@ -3164,7 +3145,7 @@ i915_gem_reset_request(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 
 	if (stalled) {
 		i915_gem_context_mark_guilty(request->gem_context);
-		skip_request(request);
+		i915_request_skip(request, -EIO);
 
 		/* If this context is now banned, skip all pending requests. */
 		if (i915_gem_context_is_banned(request->gem_context))
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
index a2f7e9358450fb46c029e466ef54b81758408825..7ae08b68121e808d368b9211c63ad2f514f97a72 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
@@ -1013,6 +1013,27 @@ i915_request_await_object(struct i915_request *to,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+void i915_request_skip(struct i915_request *rq, int error)
+{
+	void *vaddr = rq->ring->vaddr;
+	u32 head;
+
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!IS_ERR_VALUE((long)error));
+	dma_fence_set_error(&rq->fence, error);
+
+	/*
+	 * As this request likely depends on state from the lost
+	 * context, clear out all the user operations leaving the
+	 * breadcrumb at the end (so we get the fence notifications).
+	 */
+	head = rq->infix;
+	if (rq->postfix < head) {
+		memset(vaddr + head, 0, rq->ring->size - head);
+		head = 0;
+	}
+	memset(vaddr + head, 0, rq->postfix - head);
+}
+
 /*
  * NB: This function is not allowed to fail. Doing so would mean the the
  * request is not being tracked for completion but the work itself is
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h
index 7ee220ded9c9aa30ad0d9c775c89c8ef6ac5ee56..a355a081485f5fa16e74a2d679d6f8eb1e9c5324 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h
@@ -258,6 +258,8 @@ void i915_request_add(struct i915_request *rq);
 void __i915_request_submit(struct i915_request *request);
 void i915_request_submit(struct i915_request *request);
 
+void i915_request_skip(struct i915_request *request, int error);
+
 void __i915_request_unsubmit(struct i915_request *request);
 void i915_request_unsubmit(struct i915_request *request);