diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index 19583e1125e6..9f771265487b 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -85,6 +85,18 @@ static inline u64 nvme_block_nr(struct nvme_ns *ns, sector_t sector)
 	return (sector >> (ns->lba_shift - 9));
 }
 
+static inline int nvme_error_status(u16 status)
+{
+	switch (status & 0x7ff) {
+	case NVME_SC_SUCCESS:
+		return 0;
+	case NVME_SC_CAP_EXCEEDED:
+		return -ENOSPC;
+	default:
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+}
+
 int nvme_submit_sync_cmd(struct request_queue *q, struct nvme_command *cmd,
 		void *buf, unsigned bufflen);
 int __nvme_submit_sync_cmd(struct request_queue *q, struct nvme_command *cmd,
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index 801d51d4ea10..d29d36d726b5 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -547,18 +547,6 @@ static void nvme_free_iod(struct nvme_dev *dev, struct nvme_iod *iod)
 		kfree(iod);
 }
 
-static int nvme_error_status(u16 status)
-{
-	switch (status & 0x7ff) {
-	case NVME_SC_SUCCESS:
-		return 0;
-	case NVME_SC_CAP_EXCEEDED:
-		return -ENOSPC;
-	default:
-		return -EIO;
-	}
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY
 static void nvme_dif_prep(u32 p, u32 v, struct t10_pi_tuple *pi)
 {