diff --git a/.pick_status.json b/.pick_status.json
index 204012057f4..05bea9ff2a0 100644
--- a/.pick_status.json
+++ b/.pick_status.json
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@
         "description": "gallium/util: Add pixel->blocks box helper",
         "nominated": true,
         "nomination_type": 0,
-        "resolution": 0,
+        "resolution": 1,
         "main_sha": null,
         "because_sha": null
     },
diff --git a/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_box.h b/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_box.h
index 764bf5037a5..c39e139646a 100644
--- a/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_box.h
+++ b/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_box.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "pipe/p_state.h"
 #include "util/u_math.h"
+#include "util/format/u_format.h"
 
 static inline void
 u_box_1d(unsigned x, unsigned w, struct pipe_box *box)
@@ -239,4 +240,22 @@ u_box_minify_3d(struct pipe_box *dst,
    dst->depth = MAX2(src->depth >> l, 1);
 }
 
+/* Converts a box specified in pixels to an equivalent box specified
+ * in blocks, where the boxes represent a region-of-interest of an image with
+ * the given format. This is trivial (a copy) for uncompressed formats.
+ */
+static inline void
+u_box_pixels_to_blocks(struct pipe_box *blocks,
+                       const struct pipe_box *pixels, enum pipe_format format)
+{
+   u_box_3d(
+         pixels->x / util_format_get_blockwidth(format),
+         pixels->y / util_format_get_blockheight(format),
+         pixels->z,
+         DIV_ROUND_UP(pixels->width, util_format_get_blockwidth(format)),
+         DIV_ROUND_UP(pixels->height, util_format_get_blockheight(format)),
+         pixels->depth,
+         blocks);
+}
+
 #endif