diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
index 1346ae8e14f..1c01ac3fad0 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static int virtio_dev_match(struct device *_dv, struct device_driver *_dr)
 	struct virtio_device *dev = dev_to_virtio(_dv);
 	const struct virtio_device_id *ids;
 
-	ids = container_of(_dr, struct virtio_driver, driver)->id_table;
+	ids = drv_to_virtio(_dr)->id_table;
 	for (i = 0; ids[i].device; i++)
 		if (virtio_id_match(dev, &ids[i]))
 			return 1;
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ void virtio_check_driver_offered_feature(const struct virtio_device *vdev,
 					 unsigned int fbit)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
-	struct virtio_driver *drv = container_of(vdev->dev.driver,
-						 struct virtio_driver, driver);
+	struct virtio_driver *drv = drv_to_virtio(vdev->dev.driver);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < drv->feature_table_size; i++)
 		if (drv->feature_table[i] == fbit)
@@ -111,8 +110,7 @@ static int virtio_dev_probe(struct device *_d)
 {
 	int err, i;
 	struct virtio_device *dev = dev_to_virtio(_d);
-	struct virtio_driver *drv = container_of(dev->dev.driver,
-						 struct virtio_driver, driver);
+	struct virtio_driver *drv = drv_to_virtio(dev->dev.driver);
 	u32 device_features;
 
 	/* We have a driver! */
@@ -152,8 +150,7 @@ static int virtio_dev_probe(struct device *_d)
 static int virtio_dev_remove(struct device *_d)
 {
 	struct virtio_device *dev = dev_to_virtio(_d);
-	struct virtio_driver *drv = container_of(dev->dev.driver,
-						 struct virtio_driver, driver);
+	struct virtio_driver *drv = drv_to_virtio(dev->dev.driver);
 
 	drv->remove(dev);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio.h b/include/linux/virtio.h
index 5f1f80c7646..cf8adb1f5b2 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio.h
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ struct virtio_driver {
 #endif
 };
 
+static inline struct virtio_driver *drv_to_virtio(struct device_driver *drv)
+{
+	return container_of(drv, struct virtio_driver, driver);
+}
+
 int register_virtio_driver(struct virtio_driver *drv);
 void unregister_virtio_driver(struct virtio_driver *drv);
 #endif /* _LINUX_VIRTIO_H */