diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 5a18680011da..d349dd75ed69 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -2512,7 +2512,6 @@ void i915_gem_object_ggtt_unpin(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj);
 #define ctx_to_ppgtt(ctx) container_of((ctx)->vm, struct i915_hw_ppgtt, base)
 #define vm_to_ppgtt(vm) container_of(vm, struct i915_hw_ppgtt, base)
 int __must_check i915_gem_context_init(struct drm_device *dev);
-void ppgtt_release(struct kref *kref);
 void i915_gem_context_fini(struct drm_device *dev);
 void i915_gem_context_reset(struct drm_device *dev);
 int i915_gem_context_open(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 25a32b9c9b4b..b33a677b4b1e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -4500,7 +4500,6 @@ struct i915_vma *i915_gem_obj_to_vma(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 void i915_gem_vma_destroy(struct i915_vma *vma)
 {
 	struct i915_address_space *vm = NULL;
-	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt = NULL;
 	WARN_ON(vma->node.allocated);
 
 	/* Keep the vma as a placeholder in the execbuffer reservation lists */
@@ -4508,10 +4507,8 @@ void i915_gem_vma_destroy(struct i915_vma *vma)
 		return;
 
 	vm = vma->vm;
-	ppgtt = vm_to_ppgtt(vm);
 
-	if (ppgtt)
-		kref_put(&ppgtt->ref, ppgtt_release);
+	i915_ppgtt_put(vm_to_ppgtt(vm));
 
 	list_del(&vma->vma_link);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
index ae706cba05ae..899c6a7a5920 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -96,33 +96,6 @@
 #define GEN6_CONTEXT_ALIGN (64<<10)
 #define GEN7_CONTEXT_ALIGN 4096
 
-static void do_ppgtt_cleanup(struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt)
-{
-	struct drm_device *dev = ppgtt->base.dev;
-	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
-	struct i915_address_space *vm = &ppgtt->base;
-
-	if (ppgtt == dev_priv->mm.aliasing_ppgtt ||
-	    (list_empty(&vm->active_list) && list_empty(&vm->inactive_list))) {
-		ppgtt->base.cleanup(&ppgtt->base);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	/* vmas should already be unbound */
-	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&vm->active_list));
-
-	ppgtt->base.cleanup(&ppgtt->base);
-}
-
-void ppgtt_release(struct kref *kref)
-{
-	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt =
-		container_of(kref, struct i915_hw_ppgtt, ref);
-
-	do_ppgtt_cleanup(ppgtt);
-	kfree(ppgtt);
-}
-
 static size_t get_context_alignment(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	if (IS_GEN6(dev))
@@ -171,8 +144,7 @@ void i915_gem_context_free(struct kref *ctx_ref)
 			ppgtt = ctx_to_ppgtt(ctx);
 	}
 
-	if (ppgtt)
-		kref_put(&ppgtt->ref, ppgtt_release);
+	i915_ppgtt_put(ppgtt);
 	if (ctx->legacy_hw_ctx.rcs_state)
 		drm_gem_object_unreference(&ctx->legacy_hw_ctx.rcs_state->base);
 	list_del(&ctx->link);
@@ -219,7 +191,7 @@ create_vm_for_ctx(struct drm_device *dev, struct intel_context *ctx)
 	if (!ppgtt)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	ret = i915_gem_init_ppgtt(dev, ppgtt);
+	ret = i915_ppgtt_init(dev, ppgtt);
 	if (ret) {
 		kfree(ppgtt);
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
@@ -231,7 +203,7 @@ create_vm_for_ctx(struct drm_device *dev, struct intel_context *ctx)
 
 static struct intel_context *
 __create_hw_context(struct drm_device *dev,
-		  struct drm_i915_file_private *file_priv)
+		    struct drm_i915_file_private *file_priv)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	struct intel_context *ctx;
@@ -339,7 +311,7 @@ i915_gem_create_context(struct drm_device *dev,
 		/* For platforms which only have aliasing PPGTT, we fake the
 		 * address space and refcounting. */
 		ctx->vm = &dev_priv->mm.aliasing_ppgtt->base;
-		kref_get(&dev_priv->mm.aliasing_ppgtt->ref);
+		i915_ppgtt_get(dev_priv->mm.aliasing_ppgtt);
 	} else
 		ctx->vm = &dev_priv->gtt.base;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
index 90c3d0fae3f1..1a20e1b4f052 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ static int gen6_ppgtt_init(struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int i915_gem_init_ppgtt(struct drm_device *dev, struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt)
+int i915_ppgtt_init(struct drm_device *dev, struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -1222,6 +1222,19 @@ int i915_gem_init_ppgtt(struct drm_device *dev, struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+void  i915_ppgtt_release(struct kref *kref)
+{
+	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt =
+		container_of(kref, struct i915_hw_ppgtt, ref);
+
+	/* vmas should already be unbound */
+	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&ppgtt->base.active_list));
+	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&ppgtt->base.inactive_list));
+
+	ppgtt->base.cleanup(&ppgtt->base);
+	kfree(ppgtt);
+}
+
 static void
 ppgtt_bind_vma(struct i915_vma *vma,
 	       enum i915_cache_level cache_level,
@@ -2159,15 +2172,12 @@ i915_gem_obj_lookup_or_create_vma(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 				  struct i915_address_space *vm)
 {
 	struct i915_vma *vma;
-	struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt = NULL;
 
 	vma = i915_gem_obj_to_vma(obj, vm);
 	if (!vma)
 		vma = __i915_gem_vma_create(obj, vm);
 
-	ppgtt = vm_to_ppgtt(vm);
-	if (ppgtt)
-		kref_get(&ppgtt->ref);
+	i915_ppgtt_get(vm_to_ppgtt(vm));
 
 	return vma;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.h
index 8d6f7c18c404..57d401343e8d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.h
@@ -273,7 +273,19 @@ void i915_gem_setup_global_gtt(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long start,
 			       unsigned long mappable_end, unsigned long end);
 
 bool intel_enable_ppgtt(struct drm_device *dev, bool full);
-int i915_gem_init_ppgtt(struct drm_device *dev, struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt);
+
+int i915_ppgtt_init(struct drm_device *dev, struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt);
+void i915_ppgtt_release(struct kref *kref);
+static inline void i915_ppgtt_get(struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt)
+{
+	if (ppgtt)
+		kref_get(&ppgtt->ref);
+}
+static inline void i915_ppgtt_put(struct i915_hw_ppgtt *ppgtt)
+{
+	if (ppgtt)
+		kref_put(&ppgtt->ref, i915_ppgtt_release);
+}
 
 void i915_check_and_clear_faults(struct drm_device *dev);
 void i915_gem_suspend_gtt_mappings(struct drm_device *dev);
