diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
index 02b9ae65a96a8a56c17632db9942a20b4ed5916b..f53e298dd7cfc955135397734b26ab3b2a18baa4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ void msm_gem_describe(struct drm_gem_object *obj, struct seq_file *m,
 				name, comm ? ":" : "", comm ? comm : "",
 				vma->aspace, vma->iova,
 				vma->mapped ? "mapped" : "unmapped",
-				vma->inuse);
+				msm_gem_vma_inuse(vma));
 			kfree(comm);
 		}
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.h
index 947ff7d9b47146740f0bfd49a633cd9405dec3da..1b7f0f0b88bfd190accab29fc98687707acb0f51 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ struct msm_gem_vma {
 int msm_gem_init_vma(struct msm_gem_address_space *aspace,
 		struct msm_gem_vma *vma, int npages,
 		u64 range_start, u64 range_end);
+bool msm_gem_vma_inuse(struct msm_gem_vma *vma);
 void msm_gem_purge_vma(struct msm_gem_address_space *aspace,
 		struct msm_gem_vma *vma);
 void msm_gem_unmap_vma(struct msm_gem_address_space *aspace,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_vma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_vma.c
index 64906594fc65b08723d6af47ca5727f5d81002d7..dc2ae097805e23a1b6ea0203f8f863f050453911 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_vma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_vma.c
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ msm_gem_address_space_get(struct msm_gem_address_space *aspace)
 	return aspace;
 }
 
+bool msm_gem_vma_inuse(struct msm_gem_vma *vma)
+{
+	return !!vma->inuse;
+}
+
 /* Actually unmap memory for the vma */
 void msm_gem_purge_vma(struct msm_gem_address_space *aspace,
 		struct msm_gem_vma *vma)
@@ -44,7 +49,7 @@ void msm_gem_purge_vma(struct msm_gem_address_space *aspace,
 	unsigned size = vma->node.size << PAGE_SHIFT;
 
 	/* Print a message if we try to purge a vma in use */
-	if (GEM_WARN_ON(vma->inuse > 0))
+	if (GEM_WARN_ON(msm_gem_vma_inuse(vma)))
 		return;
 
 	/* Don't do anything if the memory isn't mapped */
@@ -100,7 +105,7 @@ msm_gem_map_vma(struct msm_gem_address_space *aspace,
 void msm_gem_close_vma(struct msm_gem_address_space *aspace,
 		struct msm_gem_vma *vma)
 {
-	if (GEM_WARN_ON(vma->inuse > 0 || vma->mapped))
+	if (GEM_WARN_ON(msm_gem_vma_inuse(vma) || vma->mapped))
 		return;
 
 	spin_lock(&aspace->lock);