diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c
index f49e5f3c2782..bfa3bbb017c7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c
@@ -1572,6 +1572,11 @@ static const u8 edid_header[] = {
 	0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00
 };
 
+static void edid_header_fix(void *edid)
+{
+	memcpy(edid, edid_header, sizeof(edid_header));
+}
+
 /**
  * drm_edid_header_is_valid - sanity check the header of the base EDID block
  * @raw_edid: pointer to raw base EDID block
@@ -1702,7 +1707,7 @@ bool drm_edid_block_valid(u8 *raw_edid, int block, bool print_bad_edid,
 			if (edid_corrupt)
 				*edid_corrupt = true;
 			DRM_DEBUG("Fixing EDID header, your hardware may be failing\n");
-			memcpy(raw_edid, edid_header, sizeof(edid_header));
+			edid_header_fix(raw_edid);
 		} else {
 			if (edid_corrupt)
 				*edid_corrupt = true;