diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index b58aebb347a032536aa768d6a7ae2a242f0b09ea..cf36dd39f2a500fc00f7acf2f33b470f3bcac3cd 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -915,10 +915,10 @@ static void nvme_pci_complete_rq(struct request *req)
 }
 
 /* We read the CQE phase first to check if the rest of the entry is valid */
-static inline bool nvme_cqe_valid(struct nvme_queue *nvmeq, u16 head,
-		u16 phase)
+static inline bool nvme_cqe_pending(struct nvme_queue *nvmeq)
 {
-	return (le16_to_cpu(nvmeq->cqes[head].status) & 1) == phase;
+	return (le16_to_cpu(nvmeq->cqes[nvmeq->cq_head].status) & 1) ==
+			nvmeq->cq_phase;
 }
 
 static inline void nvme_ring_cq_doorbell(struct nvme_queue *nvmeq)
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ static inline void nvme_handle_cqe(struct nvme_queue *nvmeq,
 static inline bool nvme_read_cqe(struct nvme_queue *nvmeq,
 		struct nvme_completion *cqe)
 {
-	if (nvme_cqe_valid(nvmeq, nvmeq->cq_head, nvmeq->cq_phase)) {
+	if (nvme_cqe_pending(nvmeq)) {
 		*cqe = nvmeq->cqes[nvmeq->cq_head];
 
 		if (++nvmeq->cq_head == nvmeq->q_depth) {
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ static irqreturn_t nvme_irq(int irq, void *data)
 static irqreturn_t nvme_irq_check(int irq, void *data)
 {
 	struct nvme_queue *nvmeq = data;
-	if (nvme_cqe_valid(nvmeq, nvmeq->cq_head, nvmeq->cq_phase))
+	if (nvme_cqe_pending(nvmeq))
 		return IRQ_WAKE_THREAD;
 	return IRQ_NONE;
 }
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ static int __nvme_poll(struct nvme_queue *nvmeq, unsigned int tag)
 	struct nvme_completion cqe;
 	int found = 0, consumed = 0;
 
-	if (!nvme_cqe_valid(nvmeq, nvmeq->cq_head, nvmeq->cq_phase))
+	if (!nvme_cqe_pending(nvmeq))
 		return 0;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&nvmeq->q_lock);