diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
index a08a74839c13..b35fdc0e0004 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
@@ -1987,15 +1987,6 @@ static inline int act_open_has_tid(int status)
 		status != CPL_ERR_CONN_EXIST);
 }
 
-/* Returns whether a CPL status conveys negative advice.
- */
-static int is_neg_adv(unsigned int status)
-{
-	return status == CPL_ERR_RTX_NEG_ADVICE ||
-	       status == CPL_ERR_PERSIST_NEG_ADVICE ||
-	       status == CPL_ERR_KEEPALV_NEG_ADVICE;
-}
-
 static char *neg_adv_str(unsigned int status)
 {
 	switch (status) {
@@ -2235,7 +2226,7 @@ static int act_open_rpl(struct c4iw_dev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	PDBG("%s ep %p atid %u status %u errno %d\n", __func__, ep, atid,
 	     status, status2errno(status));
 
-	if (is_neg_adv(status)) {
+	if (cxgb_is_neg_adv(status)) {
 		PDBG("%s Connection problems for atid %u status %u (%s)\n",
 		     __func__, atid, status, neg_adv_str(status));
 		ep->stats.connect_neg_adv++;
@@ -2751,7 +2742,7 @@ static int peer_abort(struct c4iw_dev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (!ep)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (is_neg_adv(req->status)) {
+	if (cxgb_is_neg_adv(req->status)) {
 		PDBG("%s Negative advice on abort- tid %u status %d (%s)\n",
 		     __func__, ep->hwtid, req->status,
 		     neg_adv_str(req->status));
@@ -4227,7 +4218,7 @@ static int peer_abort_intr(struct c4iw_dev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	if (is_neg_adv(req->status)) {
+	if (cxgb_is_neg_adv(req->status)) {
 		PDBG("%s Negative advice on abort- tid %u status %d (%s)\n",
 		     __func__, ep->hwtid, req->status,
 		     neg_adv_str(req->status));
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/libcxgb/libcxgb_cm.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/libcxgb/libcxgb_cm.h
index c4df04a4a323..57fcc9899234 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/libcxgb/libcxgb_cm.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/libcxgb/libcxgb_cm.h
@@ -47,4 +47,13 @@ struct dst_entry *
 cxgb_find_route6(struct cxgb4_lld_info *,
 		 struct net_device *(*)(struct net_device *),
 		 __u8 *, __u8 *, __be16, __be16, u8, __u32);
+
+/* Returns whether a CPL status conveys negative advice.
+ */
+static inline bool cxgb_is_neg_adv(unsigned int status)
+{
+	return status == CPL_ERR_RTX_NEG_ADVICE ||
+	       status == CPL_ERR_PERSIST_NEG_ADVICE ||
+	       status == CPL_ERR_KEEPALV_NEG_ADVICE;
+}
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/cxgbit/cxgbit_cm.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/cxgbit/cxgbit_cm.c
index e961ac4bf5db..c46bdd5d58ca 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/cxgbit/cxgbit_cm.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/cxgbit/cxgbit_cm.c
@@ -73,15 +73,6 @@ out:
 	return wr_waitp->ret;
 }
 
-/* Returns whether a CPL status conveys negative advice.
- */
-static int cxgbit_is_neg_adv(unsigned int status)
-{
-	return status == CPL_ERR_RTX_NEG_ADVICE ||
-		status == CPL_ERR_PERSIST_NEG_ADVICE ||
-		status == CPL_ERR_KEEPALV_NEG_ADVICE;
-}
-
 static int cxgbit_np_hashfn(const struct cxgbit_np *cnp)
 {
 	return ((unsigned long)cnp >> 10) & (NP_INFO_HASH_SIZE - 1);
@@ -1704,7 +1695,7 @@ static void cxgbit_abort_req_rss(struct cxgbit_sock *csk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	pr_debug("%s: csk %p; tid %u; state %d\n",
 		 __func__, csk, tid, csk->com.state);
 
-	if (cxgbit_is_neg_adv(hdr->status)) {
+	if (cxgb_is_neg_adv(hdr->status)) {
 		pr_err("%s: got neg advise %d on tid %u\n",
 		       __func__, hdr->status, tid);
 		goto rel_skb;