diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-dsp-priv.h b/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-dsp-priv.h
index 5a5ce5069f9fac172e5e764233f8a9fbdff57fa0..de2b44568feb4370f943f6b078194970f6865b5a 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-dsp-priv.h
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-dsp-priv.h
@@ -98,9 +98,4 @@ struct sst_dsp {
 	struct snd_dma_buffer dmab;
 };
 
-static inline void *sst_dsp_get_thread_context(struct sst_dsp *sst)
-{
-	return sst->thread_context;
-}
-
 #endif
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/cnl-sst.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/cnl-sst.c
index 355a7b116886d167acfd945b496618baa0c61032..fcd8dff27ae8e837f88ab83e00920b0eded02e31 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/cnl-sst.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/cnl-sst.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ static struct sst_ops cnl_ops = {
 static irqreturn_t cnl_dsp_irq_thread_handler(int irq, void *context)
 {
 	struct sst_dsp *dsp = context;
-	struct skl_dev *cnl = sst_dsp_get_thread_context(dsp);
+	struct skl_dev *cnl = dsp->thread_context;
 	struct sst_generic_ipc *ipc = &cnl->ipc;
 	struct skl_ipc_header header = {0};
 	u32 hipcida, hipctdr, hipctdd;
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-sst-ipc.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-sst-ipc.c
index 667cdddc289fd6588462b3fa05dadb4a4c108c24..7a425271b08b1686fc8310879a47e52be456da30 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-sst-ipc.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-sst-ipc.c
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ void skl_ipc_process_reply(struct sst_generic_ipc *ipc,
 irqreturn_t skl_dsp_irq_thread_handler(int irq, void *context)
 {
 	struct sst_dsp *dsp = context;
-	struct skl_dev *skl = sst_dsp_get_thread_context(dsp);
+	struct skl_dev *skl = dsp->thread_context;
 	struct sst_generic_ipc *ipc = &skl->ipc;
 	struct skl_ipc_header header = {0};
 	u32 hipcie, hipct, hipcte;