diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index caa055ac9472..559a1b11f3e4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -57,31 +57,6 @@
 
 static struct drm_driver driver;
 
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_I915_DEBUG)
-static unsigned int i915_load_fail_count;
-
-bool __i915_inject_load_failure(const char *func, int line)
-{
-	if (i915_load_fail_count >= i915_modparams.inject_load_failure)
-		return false;
-
-	if (++i915_load_fail_count == i915_modparams.inject_load_failure) {
-		DRM_INFO("Injecting failure at checkpoint %u [%s:%d]\n",
-			 i915_modparams.inject_load_failure, func, line);
-		i915_modparams.inject_load_failure = 0;
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	return false;
-}
-
-bool i915_error_injected(void)
-{
-	return i915_load_fail_count && !i915_modparams.inject_load_failure;
-}
-
-#endif
-
 #define FDO_BUG_URL "https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=DRI"
 #define FDO_BUG_MSG "Please file a bug at " FDO_BUG_URL " against DRM/Intel " \
 		    "providing the dmesg log by booting with drm.debug=0xf"
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index c60cf17e50a0..1f29f3933625 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -111,21 +111,6 @@
 #define I915_STATE_WARN_ON(x)						\
 	I915_STATE_WARN((x), "%s", "WARN_ON(" __stringify(x) ")")
 
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_I915_DEBUG)
-
-bool __i915_inject_load_failure(const char *func, int line);
-#define i915_inject_load_failure() \
-	__i915_inject_load_failure(__func__, __LINE__)
-
-bool i915_error_injected(void);
-
-#else
-
-#define i915_inject_load_failure() false
-#define i915_error_injected() false
-
-#endif
-
 #define i915_load_error(i915, fmt, ...)					 \
 	__i915_printk(i915, i915_error_injected() ? KERN_DEBUG : KERN_ERR, \
 		      fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
index 9f0539bdaa39..2853b54570eb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
@@ -159,11 +159,6 @@ i915_param_named_unsafe(dmc_firmware_path, charp, 0400,
 i915_param_named_unsafe(enable_dp_mst, bool, 0600,
 	"Enable multi-stream transport (MST) for new DisplayPort sinks. (default: true)");
 
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_I915_DEBUG)
-i915_param_named_unsafe(inject_load_failure, uint, 0400,
-	"Force an error after a number of failure check points (0:disabled (default), N:force failure at the Nth failure check point)");
-#endif
-
 i915_param_named(enable_dpcd_backlight, bool, 0600,
 	"Enable support for DPCD backlight control (default:false)");
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.h
index 93f665eced16..85a9007c0ed6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.h
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ struct drm_printer;
 	param(int, mmio_debug, 0) \
 	param(int, edp_vswing, 0) \
 	param(int, reset, 2) \
-	param(unsigned int, inject_load_failure, 0) \
 	/* leave bools at the end to not create holes */ \
 	param(bool, alpha_support, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_I915_ALPHA_SUPPORT)) \
 	param(bool, enable_hangcheck, true) \
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_selftest.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_selftest.h
index a73472dd12fd..1266cef8bf17 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_selftest.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_selftest.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ struct i915_selftest {
 	unsigned int random_seed;
 	int mock;
 	int live;
+	unsigned int inject_load_failure;
 };
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_I915_SELFTEST)
@@ -77,6 +78,12 @@ int __i915_subtests(const char *caller,
 #define I915_SELFTEST_DECLARE(x) x
 #define I915_SELFTEST_ONLY(x) unlikely(x)
 
+bool __i915_inject_load_failure(const char *func, int line);
+#define i915_inject_load_failure() \
+	__i915_inject_load_failure(__func__, __LINE__)
+
+bool i915_error_injected(void);
+
 #else /* !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_I915_SELFTEST) */
 
 static inline int i915_mock_selftests(void) { return 0; }
@@ -85,6 +92,9 @@ static inline int i915_live_selftests(struct pci_dev *pdev) { return 0; }
 #define I915_SELFTEST_DECLARE(x)
 #define I915_SELFTEST_ONLY(x) 0
 
+static inline int i915_inject_load_failure(void) { return false; }
+static inline int i915_error_injected(void) { return false; }
+
 #endif
 
 /* Using the i915_selftest_ prefix becomes a little unwieldy with the helpers.
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_selftest.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_selftest.c
index 86c54ea37f48..9e556fc4707d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_selftest.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_selftest.c
@@ -250,3 +250,29 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(mock_selftests, "Run selftests before loading, using mock hardw
 
 module_param_named_unsafe(live_selftests, i915_selftest.live, int, 0400);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(live_selftests, "Run selftests after driver initialisation on the live system (0:disabled [default], 1:run tests then continue, -1:run tests then exit module)");
+
+module_param_named_unsafe(inject_load_failure, i915_selftest.inject_load_failure, uint, 0400);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(inject_load_failure,
+		 "Force an error after a number of failure check points (0:disabled (default), N:force failure at the Nth failure check point)");
+
+static unsigned int i915_load_fail_count;
+
+bool __i915_inject_load_failure(const char *func, int line)
+{
+	if (i915_load_fail_count >= i915_selftest.inject_load_failure)
+		return false;
+
+	if (++i915_load_fail_count == i915_selftest.inject_load_failure) {
+		DRM_INFO("Injecting failure at checkpoint %u [%s:%d]\n",
+			 i915_selftest.inject_load_failure, func, line);
+		i915_selftest.inject_load_failure = 0;
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+bool i915_error_injected(void)
+{
+	return i915_load_fail_count && !i915_selftest.inject_load_failure;
+}
