diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 0f00e5830625b1af59247fef58a63c4c06006a40..2dc888ca33946ee8137918d042d9a6faa70554cb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -2595,6 +2595,11 @@ int __i915_add_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 		       u32 *seqno);
 #define i915_add_request(ring, seqno) \
 	__i915_add_request(ring, NULL, NULL, seqno)
+int __i915_wait_seqno(struct intel_engine_cs *ring, u32 seqno,
+			unsigned reset_counter,
+			bool interruptible,
+			s64 *timeout,
+			struct drm_i915_file_private *file_priv);
 int __must_check i915_wait_seqno(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 				 uint32_t seqno);
 int i915_gem_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 1de94cc635174fc786b6f96f950a2f48624f7ef7..3e0cabe9b54498caa60428652ce6f9245f7d9535 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ static bool can_wait_boost(struct drm_i915_file_private *file_priv)
 }
 
 /**
- * __wait_seqno - wait until execution of seqno has finished
+ * __i915_wait_seqno - wait until execution of seqno has finished
  * @ring: the ring expected to report seqno
  * @seqno: duh!
  * @reset_counter: reset sequence associated with the given seqno
@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ static bool can_wait_boost(struct drm_i915_file_private *file_priv)
  * Returns 0 if the seqno was found within the alloted time. Else returns the
  * errno with remaining time filled in timeout argument.
  */
-static int __wait_seqno(struct intel_engine_cs *ring, u32 seqno,
+int __i915_wait_seqno(struct intel_engine_cs *ring, u32 seqno,
 			unsigned reset_counter,
 			bool interruptible,
 			s64 *timeout,
@@ -1262,6 +1262,7 @@ i915_wait_seqno(struct intel_engine_cs *ring, uint32_t seqno)
 	struct drm_device *dev = ring->dev;
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	bool interruptible = dev_priv->mm.interruptible;
+	unsigned reset_counter;
 	int ret;
 
 	BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&dev->struct_mutex));
@@ -1275,9 +1276,9 @@ i915_wait_seqno(struct intel_engine_cs *ring, uint32_t seqno)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	return __wait_seqno(ring, seqno,
-			    atomic_read(&dev_priv->gpu_error.reset_counter),
-			    interruptible, NULL, NULL);
+	reset_counter = atomic_read(&dev_priv->gpu_error.reset_counter);
+	return __i915_wait_seqno(ring, seqno, reset_counter, interruptible,
+				 NULL, NULL);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -1353,7 +1354,8 @@ i915_gem_object_wait_rendering__nonblocking(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 
 	reset_counter = atomic_read(&dev_priv->gpu_error.reset_counter);
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
-	ret = __wait_seqno(ring, seqno, reset_counter, true, NULL, file_priv);
+	ret = __i915_wait_seqno(ring, seqno, reset_counter, true, NULL,
+				file_priv);
 	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -2847,8 +2849,8 @@ i915_gem_wait_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *file)
 	reset_counter = atomic_read(&dev_priv->gpu_error.reset_counter);
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 
-	return __wait_seqno(ring, seqno, reset_counter, true, &args->timeout_ns,
-			    file->driver_priv);
+	return __i915_wait_seqno(ring, seqno, reset_counter, true,
+				 &args->timeout_ns, file->driver_priv);
 
 out:
 	drm_gem_object_unreference(&obj->base);
@@ -4013,7 +4015,7 @@ i915_gem_ring_throttle(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file)
 	if (seqno == 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	ret = __wait_seqno(ring, seqno, reset_counter, true, NULL, NULL);
+	ret = __i915_wait_seqno(ring, seqno, reset_counter, true, NULL, NULL);
 	if (ret == 0)
 		queue_delayed_work(dev_priv->wq, &dev_priv->mm.retire_work, 0);