diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/regs/xe_reg_defs.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/regs/xe_reg_defs.h
index c89ef2b79a3f9..23f7dc5bbe995 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/regs/xe_reg_defs.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/regs/xe_reg_defs.h
@@ -131,4 +131,9 @@ struct xe_reg_mcr {
 				 .__reg = XE_REG_INITIALIZER(r_,  ##__VA_ARGS__, .mcr = 1)	\
 				 })
 
+static inline bool xe_reg_is_valid(struct xe_reg r)
+{
+	return r.addr;
+}
+
 #endif