diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sysfb/simpledrm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sysfb/simpledrm.c
index 6bbe779ec870..b4e91191a0ba 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sysfb/simpledrm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sysfb/simpledrm.c
@@ -41,13 +41,6 @@
  * Helpers for simplefb
  */
 
-static int
-simplefb_get_validated_int(struct drm_device *dev, const char *name,
-			   uint32_t value)
-{
-	return drm_sysfb_get_validated_int(dev, name, value, INT_MAX);
-}
-
 static const struct drm_format_info *
 simplefb_get_validated_format(struct drm_device *dev, const char *format_name)
 {
@@ -95,7 +88,7 @@ static int
 simplefb_get_stride_pd(struct drm_device *dev,
 		       const struct simplefb_platform_data *pd)
 {
-	return simplefb_get_validated_int(dev, "stride", pd->stride);
+	return drm_sysfb_get_validated_int(dev, "stride", pd->stride, INT_MAX);
 }
 
 static const struct drm_format_info *
@@ -159,7 +152,7 @@ simplefb_get_stride_of(struct drm_device *dev, struct device_node *of_node)
 
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
-	return simplefb_get_validated_int(dev, "stride", stride);
+	return drm_sysfb_get_validated_int(dev, "stride", stride, INT_MAX);
 }
 
 static const struct drm_format_info *