diff --git a/mt7603/mcu.c b/mt7603/mcu.c
index 9c0c0bff..1aa477a4 100644
--- a/mt7603/mcu.c
+++ b/mt7603/mcu.c
@@ -13,22 +13,6 @@ struct mt7603_fw_trailer {
 	__le32 dl_len;
 } __packed;
 
-static struct sk_buff *mt7603_mcu_msg_alloc(const void *data, int len)
-{
-	struct sk_buff *skb;
-
-	skb = alloc_skb(len + sizeof(struct mt7603_mcu_txd),
-			GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!skb)
-		return NULL;
-
-	skb_reserve(skb, sizeof(struct mt7603_mcu_txd));
-	if (data && len)
-		memcpy(skb_put(skb, len), data, len);
-
-	return skb;
-}
-
 void mt7603_mcu_rx_event(struct mt7603_dev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	skb_queue_tail(&dev->mt76.mmio.mcu.res_q, skb);
diff --git a/mt7603/mcu.h b/mt7603/mcu.h
index 30df8a3f..1bba369d 100644
--- a/mt7603/mcu.h
+++ b/mt7603/mcu.h
@@ -100,4 +100,11 @@ enum {
 	MCU_EXT_EVENT_BCN_UPDATE = 0x31,
 };
 
+static inline struct sk_buff *
+mt7603_mcu_msg_alloc(const void *data, int len)
+{
+	return mt76_mcu_msg_alloc(data, sizeof(struct mt7603_mcu_txd),
+				  len, 0);
+}
+
 #endif