diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_panel.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_panel.c
index aa931f9f0d6ad931f0bd88d6b1eee63d2dbe9ae8..3c5056dbf60793fda6b64132e1b86eef88901391 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_panel.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_panel.c
@@ -489,16 +489,6 @@ static u32 scale(u32 source_val,
 	return target_val;
 }
 
-/* Scale user_level in range [0..user_max] to [hw_min..hw_max]. */
-static u32 scale_user_to_hw(struct intel_connector *connector,
-			    u32 user_level, u32 user_max)
-{
-	struct intel_panel *panel = &connector->panel;
-
-	return scale(user_level, 0, user_max,
-		     panel->backlight.min, panel->backlight.max);
-}
-
 /* Scale user_level in range [0..user_max] to [0..hw_max], clamping the result
  * to [hw_min..hw_max]. */
 static u32 clamp_user_to_hw(struct intel_connector *connector,
@@ -1255,6 +1245,16 @@ static u32 intel_panel_get_backlight(struct intel_connector *connector)
 	return val;
 }
 
+/* Scale user_level in range [0..user_max] to [hw_min..hw_max]. */
+static u32 scale_user_to_hw(struct intel_connector *connector,
+			    u32 user_level, u32 user_max)
+{
+	struct intel_panel *panel = &connector->panel;
+
+	return scale(user_level, 0, user_max,
+		     panel->backlight.min, panel->backlight.max);
+}
+
 /* set backlight brightness to level in range [0..max], scaling wrt hw min */
 static void intel_panel_set_backlight(const struct drm_connector_state *conn_state,
 				      u32 user_level, u32 user_max)