diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine.h
index 1c0db151f0b1bd1a07d1065b6f4b8fe663a67592..201bbd2a4fafd1ffd97702b234b4b782a1b442ef 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine.h
@@ -68,6 +68,24 @@ struct drm_printer;
 #define ENGINE_WRITE(...)	__ENGINE_WRITE_OP(write, __VA_ARGS__)
 #define ENGINE_WRITE_FW(...)	__ENGINE_WRITE_OP(write_fw, __VA_ARGS__)
 
+#define GEN6_RING_FAULT_REG_READ(engine__) \
+	intel_uncore_read((engine__)->uncore, RING_FAULT_REG(engine__))
+
+#define GEN6_RING_FAULT_REG_POSTING_READ(engine__) \
+	intel_uncore_posting_read((engine__)->uncore, RING_FAULT_REG(engine__))
+
+#define GEN6_RING_FAULT_REG_RMW(engine__, clear__, set__) \
+({ \
+	u32 __val; \
+\
+	__val = intel_uncore_read((engine__)->uncore, \
+				  RING_FAULT_REG(engine__)); \
+	__val &= ~(clear__); \
+	__val |= (set__); \
+	intel_uncore_write((engine__)->uncore, RING_FAULT_REG(engine__), \
+			   __val); \
+})
+
 /* seqno size is actually only a uint32, but since we plan to use MI_FLUSH_DW to
  * do the writes, and that must have qw aligned offsets, simply pretend it's 8b.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_reset.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_reset.c
index 7bfb76eb0291ca70fc3a3dabb043c2249a9d3bb4..de53927c583fc6faca45faef0108be1a0af0b98f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_reset.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_reset.c
@@ -1195,10 +1195,8 @@ void i915_clear_error_registers(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 		enum intel_engine_id id;
 
 		for_each_engine_masked(engine, i915, engine_mask, id) {
-			rmw_clear(uncore,
-				  RING_FAULT_REG(engine), RING_FAULT_VALID);
-			intel_uncore_posting_read(uncore,
-						  RING_FAULT_REG(engine));
+			GEN6_RING_FAULT_REG_RMW(engine, RING_FAULT_VALID, 0);
+			GEN6_RING_FAULT_REG_POSTING_READ(engine);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
index c5a94396024f386f8f5ae9d058baffa3ae201753..c82d8e3ac9df125f1942b1ff7c95ced0ef32e1d6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
@@ -2306,7 +2306,7 @@ static void gen6_check_faults(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	u32 fault;
 
 	for_each_engine(engine, dev_priv, id) {
-		fault = I915_READ(RING_FAULT_REG(engine));
+		fault = GEN6_RING_FAULT_REG_READ(engine);
 		if (fault & RING_FAULT_VALID) {
 			DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("Unexpected fault\n"
 					 "\tAddr: 0x%08lx\n"
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
index 70781125650112268522bcd66c20731155a8aa69..2f85de034d8ff92d6663043b8dc33e99ec923e03 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ static void error_record_engine_registers(struct i915_gpu_state *error,
 		if (INTEL_GEN(dev_priv) >= 8)
 			ee->fault_reg = I915_READ(GEN8_RING_FAULT_REG);
 		else
-			ee->fault_reg = I915_READ(RING_FAULT_REG(engine));
+			ee->fault_reg = GEN6_RING_FAULT_REG_READ(engine);
 	}
 
 	if (INTEL_GEN(dev_priv) >= 4) {