diff --git a/mt7603.h b/mt7603.h
index 6171198a..b9911f28 100644
--- a/mt7603.h
+++ b/mt7603.h
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ void mt7603_dma_cleanup(struct mt7603_dev *dev);
 int mt7603_mcu_init(struct mt7603_dev *dev);
 int mt7603_tx_queue_mcu(struct mt7603_dev *dev, enum mt76_txq_id qid,
 			struct sk_buff *skb);
+void mt7603_mcu_rx_event(struct mt7603_dev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb);
 void mt7603_init_debugfs(struct mt7603_dev *dev);
 
 void mt7603_set_irq_mask(struct mt7603_dev *dev, u32 clear, u32 set);
diff --git a/mt7603_dma.c b/mt7603_dma.c
index 2cd9c2bd..828c50d9 100644
--- a/mt7603_dma.c
+++ b/mt7603_dma.c
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@ void mt7603_queue_rx_skb(struct mt76_dev *mdev, enum mt76_rxq_id q,
 		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 		break;
 	case PKT_TYPE_RX_EVENT:
-		skb_queue_tail(&dev->mcu.res_q, skb);
-		wake_up(&dev->mcu.wait);
+		mt7603_mcu_rx_event(dev, skb);
 		return;
 	case PKT_TYPE_NORMAL:
 		if (mt7603_mac_fill_rx(dev, skb) == 0) {
diff --git a/mt7603_mcu.c b/mt7603_mcu.c
index 240e9651..41f2a923 100644
--- a/mt7603_mcu.c
+++ b/mt7603_mcu.c
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ mt7603_mcu_msg_alloc(struct mt7603_dev *dev, const void *data, int len)
 	return skb;
 }
 
+void mt7603_mcu_rx_event(struct mt7603_dev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	skb_queue_tail(&dev->mcu.res_q, skb);
+	wake_up(&dev->mcu.wait);
+}
+
 static struct sk_buff *
 mt7603_mcu_get_response(struct mt7603_dev *dev, unsigned long expires)
 {