@@ -400,6 +400,39 @@ static asmlinkage void __exception_irq_entry gic_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs
 	}
 }
 
+static u32 gic_get_pribits(void)
+{
+	u32 pribits;
+
+	pribits = gic_read_ctlr();
+	pribits &= ICC_CTLR_EL1_PRI_BITS_MASK;
+	pribits >>= ICC_CTLR_EL1_PRI_BITS_SHIFT;
+	pribits++;
+
+	return pribits;
+}
+
+static bool gic_has_group0(void)
+{
+	u32 val;
+
+	/*
+	 * Let's find out if Group0 is under control of EL3 or not by
+	 * setting the highest possible, non-zero priority in PMR.
+	 *
+	 * If SCR_EL3.FIQ is set, the priority gets shifted down in
+	 * order for the CPU interface to set bit 7, and keep the
+	 * actual priority in the non-secure range. In the process, it
+	 * looses the least significant bit and the actual priority
+	 * becomes 0x80. Reading it back returns 0, indicating that
+	 * we're don't have access to Group0.
+	 */
+	gic_write_pmr(BIT(8 - gic_get_pribits()));
+	val = gic_read_pmr();
+
+	return val != 0;
+}
+
 static void __init gic_dist_init(void)
 {
 	unsigned int i;

@@ -541,7 +574,7 @@ static void gic_cpu_sys_reg_init(void)
 	u64 mpidr = cpu_logical_map(cpu);
 	u64 need_rss = MPIDR_RS(mpidr);
 	bool group0;
-	u32 val, pribits;
+	u32 pribits;
 
 	/*
 	 * Need to check that the SRE bit has actually been set. If

@@ -553,25 +586,9 @@ static void gic_cpu_sys_reg_init(void)
 	if (!gic_enable_sre())
 		pr_err("GIC: unable to set SRE (disabled at EL2), panic ahead\n");
 
-	pribits = gic_read_ctlr();
-	pribits &= ICC_CTLR_EL1_PRI_BITS_MASK;
-	pribits >>= ICC_CTLR_EL1_PRI_BITS_SHIFT;
-	pribits++;
+	pribits = gic_get_pribits();
 
-	/*
-	 * Let's find out if Group0 is under control of EL3 or not by
-	 * setting the highest possible, non-zero priority in PMR.
-	 *
-	 * If SCR_EL3.FIQ is set, the priority gets shifted down in
-	 * order for the CPU interface to set bit 7, and keep the
-	 * actual priority in the non-secure range. In the process, it
-	 * looses the least significant bit and the actual priority
-	 * becomes 0x80. Reading it back returns 0, indicating that
-	 * we're don't have access to Group0.
-	 */
-	write_gicreg(BIT(8 - pribits), ICC_PMR_EL1);
-	val = read_gicreg(ICC_PMR_EL1);
-	group0 = val != 0;
+	group0 = gic_has_group0();
 
 	/* Set priority mask register */
 	write_gicreg(DEFAULT_PMR_VALUE, ICC_PMR_EL1);