diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_drv.h
index 8d02d1b7dcf5..4bf698de5996 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_drv.h
@@ -107,17 +107,6 @@ static inline size_t size_vstruct(size_t nelem, size_t elem_size, size_t base)
 	return base + nelem * elem_size;
 }
 
-/* returns true if fence a comes after fence b */
-static inline bool fence_after(u32 a, u32 b)
-{
-	return (s32)(a - b) > 0;
-}
-
-static inline bool fence_after_eq(u32 a, u32 b)
-{
-	return (s32)(a - b) >= 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * Etnaviv timeouts are specified wrt CLOCK_MONOTONIC, not jiffies.
  * We need to calculate the timeout in terms of number of jiffies
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c
index e48d9ebf08bc..8fbe77cae810 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ static bool etnaviv_fence_signaled(struct dma_fence *fence)
 {
 	struct etnaviv_fence *f = to_etnaviv_fence(fence);
 
-	return fence_completed(f->gpu, f->base.seqno);
+	return (s32)(f->gpu->completed_fence - f->base.seqno) >= 0;
 }
 
 static void etnaviv_fence_release(struct dma_fence *fence)
@@ -1070,6 +1070,12 @@ static struct dma_fence *etnaviv_gpu_fence_alloc(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu)
 	return &f->base;
 }
 
+/* returns true if fence a comes after fence b */
+static inline bool fence_after(u32 a, u32 b)
+{
+	return (s32)(a - b) > 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * event management:
  */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.h
index abea0c34675c..74758f21e5d3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.h
@@ -160,11 +160,6 @@ static inline u32 gpu_read(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu, u32 reg)
 	return readl(gpu->mmio + reg);
 }
 
-static inline bool fence_completed(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu, u32 fence)
-{
-	return fence_after_eq(gpu->completed_fence, fence);
-}
-
 int etnaviv_gpu_get_param(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu, u32 param, u64 *value);
 
 int etnaviv_gpu_init(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu);