diff --git a/src/intel/decoder/intel_batch_decoder.c b/src/intel/decoder/intel_batch_decoder.c
index 227ca97bb56..1296939dbc4 100644
--- a/src/intel/decoder/intel_batch_decoder.c
+++ b/src/intel/decoder/intel_batch_decoder.c
@@ -183,31 +183,6 @@ ctx_disassemble_program(struct intel_batch_decode_ctx *ctx,
    ctx->disassemble_program(ctx, ksp, short_name, name);
 }
 
-/* Heuristic to determine whether a uint32_t is probably actually a float
- * (http://stackoverflow.com/a/2953466)
- */
-
-static bool
-probably_float(uint32_t bits)
-{
-   int exp = ((bits & 0x7f800000U) >> 23) - 127;
-   uint32_t mant = bits & 0x007fffff;
-
-   /* +- 0.0 */
-   if (exp == -127 && mant == 0)
-      return true;
-
-   /* +- 1 billionth to 1 billion */
-   if (-30 <= exp && exp <= 30)
-      return true;
-
-   /* some value with only a few binary digits */
-   if ((mant & 0x0000ffff) == 0)
-      return true;
-
-   return false;
-}
-
 static void
 ctx_print_buffer(struct intel_batch_decode_ctx *ctx,
                  struct intel_batch_decode_bo bo,
@@ -232,7 +207,7 @@ ctx_print_buffer(struct intel_batch_decode_ctx *ctx,
       }
       fprintf(ctx->fp, column_count == 0 ? "  " : " ");
 
-      if ((ctx->flags & INTEL_BATCH_DECODE_FLOATS) && probably_float(*dw))
+      if ((ctx->flags & INTEL_BATCH_DECODE_FLOATS) && util_is_probably_float(*dw))
          fprintf(ctx->fp, "  %8.2f", *(float *) dw);
       else
          fprintf(ctx->fp, "  0x%08x", *dw);
diff --git a/src/util/u_math.h b/src/util/u_math.h
index 54c2180f447..48bbe943999 100644
--- a/src/util/u_math.h
+++ b/src/util/u_math.h
@@ -873,6 +873,30 @@ util_is_sint16(int x)
    return x >= INT16_MIN && x <= INT16_MAX;
 }
 
+/* Heuristic to determine whether a uint32_t is probably actually a float
+ * (http://stackoverflow.com/a/2953466)
+ */
+static inline bool
+util_is_probably_float(uint32_t bits)
+{
+   int exp = ((bits & 0x7f800000U) >> 23) - 127;
+   uint32_t mant = bits & 0x007fffff;
+
+   /* +- 0.0 */
+   if (exp == -127 && mant == 0)
+      return true;
+
+   /* +- 1 billionth to 1 billion */
+   if (-30 <= exp && exp <= 30)
+      return true;
+
+   /* some value with only a few binary digits */
+   if ((mant & 0x0000ffff) == 0)
+      return true;
+
+   return false;
+}
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif