diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc.h
index 9a95d1518aa93ff8be20b6f50140dfb860610d54..13f3d1dbf38d7e9aa9c147e174c9442bf33dd426 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc.h
@@ -155,4 +155,18 @@ static inline int intel_guc_sanitize(struct intel_guc *guc)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline void intel_guc_enable_msg(struct intel_guc *guc, u32 mask)
+{
+	spin_lock_irq(&guc->irq_lock);
+	guc->msg_enabled_mask |= mask;
+	spin_unlock_irq(&guc->irq_lock);
+}
+
+static inline void intel_guc_disable_msg(struct intel_guc *guc, u32 mask)
+{
+	spin_lock_irq(&guc->irq_lock);
+	guc->msg_enabled_mask &= ~mask;
+	spin_unlock_irq(&guc->irq_lock);
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_log.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_log.c
index 188d390e209976392e765b12339dddc33c7c7341..a401f7e72c144f56cf44e06b75e198a5a6f1f49a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_log.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc_log.c
@@ -72,25 +72,23 @@ static int guc_action_control_log(struct intel_guc *guc, bool enable,
 	return intel_guc_send(guc, action, ARRAY_SIZE(action));
 }
 
-static void guc_flush_log_msg_enable(struct intel_guc *guc)
+static inline struct intel_guc *log_to_guc(struct intel_guc_log *log)
 {
-	spin_lock_irq(&guc->irq_lock);
-	guc->msg_enabled_mask |= INTEL_GUC_RECV_MSG_FLUSH_LOG_BUFFER |
-				 INTEL_GUC_RECV_MSG_CRASH_DUMP_POSTED;
-	spin_unlock_irq(&guc->irq_lock);
+	return container_of(log, struct intel_guc, log);
 }
 
-static void guc_flush_log_msg_disable(struct intel_guc *guc)
+static void guc_log_enable_flush_events(struct intel_guc_log *log)
 {
-	spin_lock_irq(&guc->irq_lock);
-	guc->msg_enabled_mask &= ~(INTEL_GUC_RECV_MSG_FLUSH_LOG_BUFFER |
-				   INTEL_GUC_RECV_MSG_CRASH_DUMP_POSTED);
-	spin_unlock_irq(&guc->irq_lock);
+	intel_guc_enable_msg(log_to_guc(log),
+			     INTEL_GUC_RECV_MSG_FLUSH_LOG_BUFFER |
+			     INTEL_GUC_RECV_MSG_CRASH_DUMP_POSTED);
 }
 
-static inline struct intel_guc *log_to_guc(struct intel_guc_log *log)
+static void guc_log_disable_flush_events(struct intel_guc_log *log)
 {
-	return container_of(log, struct intel_guc, log);
+	intel_guc_disable_msg(log_to_guc(log),
+			      INTEL_GUC_RECV_MSG_FLUSH_LOG_BUFFER |
+			      INTEL_GUC_RECV_MSG_CRASH_DUMP_POSTED);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -576,7 +574,7 @@ int intel_guc_log_relay_open(struct intel_guc_log *log)
 
 	mutex_unlock(&log->relay.lock);
 
-	guc_flush_log_msg_enable(log_to_guc(log));
+	guc_log_enable_flush_events(log);
 
 	/*
 	 * When GuC is logging without us relaying to userspace, we're ignoring
@@ -616,7 +614,7 @@ void intel_guc_log_relay_flush(struct intel_guc_log *log)
 
 void intel_guc_log_relay_close(struct intel_guc_log *log)
 {
-	guc_flush_log_msg_disable(log_to_guc(log));
+	guc_log_disable_flush_events(log);
 	flush_work(&log->relay.flush_work);
 
 	mutex_lock(&log->relay.lock);