diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
index a2e57e62af30..415e2d5e934b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -1454,7 +1454,7 @@ set_engines__load_balance(struct i915_user_extension __user *base, void *data)
 	if (!HAS_EXECLISTS(set->ctx->i915))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	if (USES_GUC_SUBMISSION(set->ctx->i915))
+	if (intel_uc_uses_guc_submission(&set->ctx->vm->gt->uc))
 		return -ENODEV; /* not implement yet */
 
 	if (get_user(idx, &ext->engine_index))
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_hangcheck.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_hangcheck.c
index 3e5e6c86e843..c3514ec7b8db 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_hangcheck.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_hangcheck.c
@@ -1640,7 +1640,7 @@ static int igt_reset_engines_atomic(void *arg)
 	if (!intel_has_reset_engine(gt))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (USES_GUC_SUBMISSION(gt->i915))
+	if (intel_uc_uses_guc_submission(&gt->uc))
 		return 0;
 
 	igt_global_reset_lock(gt);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
index 15cda024e3e4..b1c677b0d5ad 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
@@ -1555,7 +1555,7 @@ static int live_suppress_self_preempt(void *arg)
 	if (!HAS_LOGICAL_RING_PREEMPTION(gt->i915))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (USES_GUC_SUBMISSION(gt->i915))
+	if (intel_uc_uses_guc_submission(&gt->uc))
 		return 0; /* presume black blox */
 
 	if (intel_vgpu_active(gt->i915))
@@ -2781,7 +2781,7 @@ static int live_virtual_engine(void *arg)
 	unsigned int class, inst;
 	int err;
 
-	if (USES_GUC_SUBMISSION(gt->i915))
+	if (intel_uc_uses_guc_submission(&gt->uc))
 		return 0;
 
 	for_each_engine(engine, gt, id) {
@@ -2914,7 +2914,7 @@ static int live_virtual_mask(void *arg)
 	unsigned int class, inst;
 	int err;
 
-	if (USES_GUC_SUBMISSION(gt->i915))
+	if (intel_uc_uses_guc_submission(&gt->uc))
 		return 0;
 
 	for (class = 0; class <= MAX_ENGINE_CLASS; class++) {
@@ -3052,7 +3052,7 @@ static int live_virtual_preserved(void *arg)
 	 * are preserved.
 	 */
 
-	if (USES_GUC_SUBMISSION(gt->i915))
+	if (intel_uc_uses_guc_submission(&gt->uc))
 		return 0;
 
 	/* As we use CS_GPR we cannot run before they existed on all engines. */
@@ -3276,7 +3276,7 @@ static int live_virtual_bond(void *arg)
 	unsigned int class, inst;
 	int err;
 
-	if (USES_GUC_SUBMISSION(gt->i915))
+	if (intel_uc_uses_guc_submission(&gt->uc))
 		return 0;
 
 	for (class = 0; class <= MAX_ENGINE_CLASS; class++) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_reset.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_reset.c
index 6ad6aca315f6..35406ecdf0b2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_reset.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_reset.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ static int igt_atomic_engine_reset(void *arg)
 	if (!intel_has_reset_engine(gt))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (USES_GUC_SUBMISSION(gt->i915))
+	if (intel_uc_uses_guc_submission(&gt->uc))
 		return 0;
 
 	intel_gt_pm_get(gt);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
index 685d1e04a5ff..5fe00ee6bd1b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
@@ -1246,7 +1246,8 @@ int intel_vgpu_setup_submission(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu)
 		ce->vm = i915_vm_get(&ppgtt->vm);
 		intel_context_set_single_submission(ce);
 
-		if (!USES_GUC_SUBMISSION(i915)) { /* Max ring buffer size */
+		/* Max ring buffer size */
+		if (!intel_uc_uses_guc_submission(&engine->gt->uc)) {
 			const unsigned int ring_size = 512 * SZ_4K;
 
 			ce->ring = __intel_context_ring_size(ring_size);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
index c2f480defc71..823a033ffcd0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
@@ -1792,11 +1792,11 @@ static int i915_guc_info(struct seq_file *m, void *data)
 static int i915_guc_stage_pool(struct seq_file *m, void *data)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = node_to_i915(m->private);
-	const struct intel_guc *guc = &dev_priv->gt.uc.guc;
-	struct guc_stage_desc *desc = guc->stage_desc_pool_vaddr;
+	struct intel_uc *uc = &dev_priv->gt.uc;
+	struct guc_stage_desc *desc = uc->guc.stage_desc_pool_vaddr;
 	int index;
 
-	if (!USES_GUC_SUBMISSION(dev_priv))
+	if (!intel_uc_uses_guc_submission(uc))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	for (index = 0; index < GUC_MAX_STAGE_DESCRIPTORS; index++, desc++) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index ad0019cd2604..24d581c63667 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1718,9 +1718,6 @@ IS_SUBPLATFORM(const struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 
 #define HAS_GT_UC(dev_priv)	(INTEL_INFO(dev_priv)->has_gt_uc)
 
-/* Having GuC is not the same as using GuC */
-#define USES_GUC_SUBMISSION(dev_priv)	intel_uc_uses_guc_submission(&(dev_priv)->gt.uc)
-
 #define HAS_POOLED_EU(dev_priv)	(INTEL_INFO(dev_priv)->has_pooled_eu)
 
 #define HAS_GLOBAL_MOCS_REGISTERS(dev_priv)	(INTEL_INFO(dev_priv)->has_global_mocs)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_gvt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_gvt.c
index 2b6c016387c2..481c6de9f4d6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_gvt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_gvt.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ int intel_gvt_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (USES_GUC_SUBMISSION(dev_priv)) {
+	if (intel_uc_uses_guc_submission(&dev_priv->gt.uc)) {
 		DRM_ERROR("i915 GVT-g loading failed due to Graphics virtualization is not yet supported with GuC submission\n");
 		return -EIO;
 	}
