diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_fwif.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_fwif.h
index ef79e0f144d7b374a419b6778b582c9adc3a9608..b2f5148f4f173a2f63097997886499e6b7160920 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_fwif.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_fwif.h
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
 #define GUC_VIDEO_ENGINE2		4
 #define GUC_MAX_ENGINES_NUM		(GUC_VIDEO_ENGINE2 + 1)
 
+#define GUC_DOORBELL_INVALID		256
+
+#define GUC_DB_SIZE			(PAGE_SIZE)
+#define GUC_WQ_SIZE			(PAGE_SIZE * 2)
+
 /* Work queue item header definitions */
 #define WQ_STATUS_ACTIVE		1
 #define WQ_STATUS_SUSPENDED		2
@@ -59,9 +64,6 @@
 #define WQ_RING_TAIL_MAX		0x7FF	/* 2^11 QWords */
 #define WQ_RING_TAIL_MASK		(WQ_RING_TAIL_MAX << WQ_RING_TAIL_SHIFT)
 
-#define GUC_DOORBELL_ENABLED		1
-#define GUC_DOORBELL_DISABLED		0
-
 #define GUC_STAGE_DESC_ATTR_ACTIVE	BIT(0)
 #define GUC_STAGE_DESC_ATTR_PENDING_DB	BIT(1)
 #define GUC_STAGE_DESC_ATTR_KERNEL	BIT(2)
@@ -219,26 +221,6 @@ struct uc_css_header {
 	u32 header_info;
 } __packed;
 
-struct guc_doorbell_info {
-	u32 db_status;
-	u32 cookie;
-	u32 reserved[14];
-} __packed;
-
-union guc_doorbell_qw {
-	struct {
-		u32 db_status;
-		u32 cookie;
-	};
-	u64 value_qw;
-} __packed;
-
-#define GUC_NUM_DOORBELLS	256
-#define GUC_DOORBELL_INVALID	(GUC_NUM_DOORBELLS)
-
-#define GUC_DB_SIZE			(PAGE_SIZE)
-#define GUC_WQ_SIZE			(PAGE_SIZE * 2)
-
 /* Work item for submitting workloads into work queue of GuC. */
 struct guc_wq_item {
 	u32 header;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_reg.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_reg.h
index d86084742a4a0e32e4ce982c954bc440cb26059e..57e7ad522c2fed3d0166b0e7fb6a79e73de572b4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_reg.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_reg.h
@@ -104,6 +104,18 @@
 #define GUC_SEND_INTERRUPT		_MMIO(0xc4c8)
 #define   GUC_SEND_TRIGGER		  (1<<0)
 
+#define GUC_NUM_DOORBELLS		256
+
+/* format of the HW-monitored doorbell cacheline */
+struct guc_doorbell_info {
+	u32 db_status;
+#define GUC_DOORBELL_DISABLED		0
+#define GUC_DOORBELL_ENABLED		1
+
+	u32 cookie;
+	u32 reserved[14];
+} __packed;
+
 #define GEN8_DRBREGL(x)			_MMIO(0x1000 + (x) * 8)
 #define   GEN8_DRB_VALID		  (1<<0)
 #define GEN8_DRBREGU(x)			_MMIO(0x1000 + (x) * 8 + 4)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_submission.c
index 8c3b5a9facee8b24578f6a193fc048da3ce9f305..1570dcbe249c0c8c6b9c8755bf0a89e2a8b2368b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_submission.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_submission.c
@@ -192,6 +192,14 @@ static struct guc_doorbell_info *__get_doorbell(struct intel_guc_client *client)
 	return client->vaddr + client->doorbell_offset;
 }
 
+static bool __doorbell_valid(struct intel_guc *guc, u16 db_id)
+{
+	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = guc_to_i915(guc);
+
+	GEM_BUG_ON(db_id >= GUC_NUM_DOORBELLS);
+	return I915_READ(GEN8_DRBREGL(db_id)) & GEN8_DRB_VALID;
+}
+
 static void __init_doorbell(struct intel_guc_client *client)
 {
 	struct guc_doorbell_info *doorbell;
@@ -203,7 +211,6 @@ static void __init_doorbell(struct intel_guc_client *client)
 
 static void __fini_doorbell(struct intel_guc_client *client)
 {
-	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = guc_to_i915(client->guc);
 	struct guc_doorbell_info *doorbell;
 	u16 db_id = client->doorbell_id;
 
@@ -214,7 +221,7 @@ static void __fini_doorbell(struct intel_guc_client *client)
 	 * to go to zero after updating db_status before we call the GuC to
 	 * release the doorbell
 	 */
-	if (wait_for_us(!(I915_READ(GEN8_DRBREGL(db_id)) & GEN8_DRB_VALID), 10))
+	if (wait_for_us(!__doorbell_valid(client->guc, db_id), 10))
 		WARN_ONCE(true, "Doorbell never became invalid after disable\n");
 }
 
@@ -866,33 +873,31 @@ guc_reset_prepare(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 /* Check that a doorbell register is in the expected state */
 static bool doorbell_ok(struct intel_guc *guc, u16 db_id)
 {
-	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = guc_to_i915(guc);
-	u32 drbregl;
 	bool valid;
 
-	GEM_BUG_ON(db_id >= GUC_DOORBELL_INVALID);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(db_id >= GUC_NUM_DOORBELLS);
 
-	drbregl = I915_READ(GEN8_DRBREGL(db_id));
-	valid = drbregl & GEN8_DRB_VALID;
+	valid = __doorbell_valid(guc, db_id);
 
 	if (test_bit(db_id, guc->doorbell_bitmap) == valid)
 		return true;
 
-	DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("Doorbell %d has unexpected state (0x%x): valid=%s\n",
-			 db_id, drbregl, yesno(valid));
+	DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("Doorbell %u has unexpected state: valid=%s\n",
+			 db_id, yesno(valid));
 
 	return false;
 }
 
 static bool guc_verify_doorbells(struct intel_guc *guc)
 {
+	bool doorbells_ok = true;
 	u16 db_id;
 
 	for (db_id = 0; db_id < GUC_NUM_DOORBELLS; ++db_id)
 		if (!doorbell_ok(guc, db_id))
-			return false;
+			doorbells_ok = false;
 
-	return true;
+	return doorbells_ok;
 }
 
 /**