diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/catpt/core.h b/sound/soc/intel/catpt/core.h
index 88dc3fb6306f..174ee5ad138b 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/catpt/core.h
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/catpt/core.h
@@ -22,17 +22,6 @@ void catpt_sram_free(struct resource *sram);
 struct resource *
 catpt_request_region(struct resource *root, resource_size_t size);
 
-static inline bool catpt_resource_overlapping(struct resource *r1,
-					      struct resource *r2,
-					      struct resource *ret)
-{
-	if (!resource_overlaps(r1, r2))
-		return false;
-	ret->start = max(r1->start, r2->start);
-	ret->end = min(r1->end, r2->end);
-	return true;
-}
-
 struct catpt_ipc_msg {
 	union {
 		u32 header;
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/catpt/loader.c b/sound/soc/intel/catpt/loader.c
index 8a5f20abcadb..dbbbf15dded3 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/catpt/loader.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/catpt/loader.c
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ static int catpt_restore_fwimage(struct catpt_dev *cdev,
 		r2.start = off;
 		r2.end = r2.start + info->size - 1;
 
-		if (!catpt_resource_overlapping(&r2, &r1, &common))
+		if (!resource_intersection(&r2, &r1, &common))
 			continue;
 		/* calculate start offset of common data area */
 		off = common.start - r1.start;