diff --git a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/qp.h b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/qp.h
index 6b505859b59c8061c8dd66288f94498d5204e472..b9c1575990aa3bf9fd38e7f3da22bb520b6ae328 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/qp.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/qp.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/hash.h>
 #include "verbs.h"
+#include "sdma.h"
 
 #define QPN_MAX                 (1 << 24)
 #define QPNMAP_ENTRIES          (QPN_MAX / PAGE_SIZE / BITS_PER_BYTE)
@@ -116,6 +117,20 @@ static inline struct hfi1_qp *hfi1_lookup_qpn(struct hfi1_ibport *ibp,
 	return qp;
 }
 
+/**
+ * clear_ahg - reset ahg status in qp
+ * @qp - qp pointer
+ */
+static inline void clear_ahg(struct hfi1_qp *qp)
+{
+	qp->s_hdr->ahgcount = 0;
+	qp->s_flags &= ~(HFI1_S_AHG_VALID | HFI1_S_AHG_CLEAR);
+	if (qp->s_sde && qp->s_ahgidx >= 0)
+		sdma_ahg_free(qp->s_sde, qp->s_ahgidx);
+	qp->s_ahgidx = -1;
+	qp->s_sde = NULL;
+}
+
 /**
  * hfi1_error_qp - put a QP into the error state
  * @qp: the QP to put into the error state
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/ruc.c b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/ruc.c
index a4115288db666d26a8d2811d2f839100db74acfd..faad1b93703e96bbd588f48ed2f4e2fc71b1cfda 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/ruc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/ruc.c
@@ -695,19 +695,6 @@ u32 hfi1_make_grh(struct hfi1_ibport *ibp, struct ib_grh *hdr,
 	return sizeof(struct ib_grh) / sizeof(u32);
 }
 
-/*
- * free_ahg - clear ahg from QP
- */
-void clear_ahg(struct hfi1_qp *qp)
-{
-	qp->s_hdr->ahgcount = 0;
-	qp->s_flags &= ~(HFI1_S_AHG_VALID | HFI1_S_AHG_CLEAR);
-	if (qp->s_sde)
-		sdma_ahg_free(qp->s_sde, qp->s_ahgidx);
-	qp->s_ahgidx = -1;
-	qp->s_sde = NULL;
-}
-
 #define BTH2_OFFSET (offsetof(struct hfi1_pio_header, hdr.u.oth.bth[2]) / 4)
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/verbs.h b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/verbs.h
index ed903a93baf70f01cccf62f7225b0976007ea9d5..afaa0fe619fe0151637243e35ff8725e736f7dca 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/verbs.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/verbs.h
@@ -1078,8 +1078,6 @@ int hfi1_ruc_check_hdr(struct hfi1_ibport *ibp, struct hfi1_ib_header *hdr,
 u32 hfi1_make_grh(struct hfi1_ibport *ibp, struct ib_grh *hdr,
 		  struct ib_global_route *grh, u32 hwords, u32 nwords);
 
-void clear_ahg(struct hfi1_qp *qp);
-
 void hfi1_make_ruc_header(struct hfi1_qp *qp, struct hfi1_other_headers *ohdr,
 			  u32 bth0, u32 bth2, int middle);