return 0;
 }
 
-static void free_workload(struct intel_vgpu_workload *workload)
-{
-       intel_gvt_mm_unreference(workload->shadow_mm);
-       kmem_cache_free(workload->vgpu->submission.workloads, workload);
-}
-
 #define get_desc_from_elsp_dwords(ed, i) \
        ((struct execlist_ctx_descriptor_format *)&((ed)->data[i * 2]))
 
        ret = emulate_execlist_ctx_schedule_out(execlist, &workload->ctx_desc);
 out:
        intel_vgpu_unpin_mm(workload->shadow_mm);
-       free_workload(workload);
+       intel_vgpu_destroy_workload(workload);
        return ret;
 }
 
 
        gvt_dbg_el("ring id %d begin a new workload\n", ring_id);
 
-       workload = kmem_cache_zalloc(s->workloads, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!workload)
-               return -ENOMEM;
-
        /* record some ring buffer register values for scan and shadow */
        intel_gvt_hypervisor_read_gpa(vgpu, ring_context_gpa +
                        RING_CTX_OFF(rb_start.val), &start, 4);
        intel_gvt_hypervisor_read_gpa(vgpu, ring_context_gpa +
                        RING_CTX_OFF(ctx_ctrl.val), &ctx_ctl, 4);
 
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&workload->list);
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&workload->shadow_bb);
-
-       init_waitqueue_head(&workload->shadow_ctx_status_wq);
-       atomic_set(&workload->shadow_ctx_active, 0);
+       workload = intel_vgpu_create_workload(vgpu);
+       if (IS_ERR(workload))
+               return PTR_ERR(workload);
 
-       workload->vgpu = vgpu;
        workload->ring_id = ring_id;
        workload->ctx_desc = *desc;
        workload->ring_context_gpa = ring_context_gpa;
        workload->rb_ctl = ctl;
        workload->prepare = prepare_execlist_workload;
        workload->complete = complete_execlist_workload;
-       workload->status = -EINPROGRESS;
        workload->emulate_schedule_in = emulate_schedule_in;
-       workload->shadowed = false;
 
        if (ring_id == RCS) {
                intel_gvt_hypervisor_read_gpa(vgpu, ring_context_gpa +
        if (ret == 0)
                queue_workload(workload);
        else {
-               free_workload(workload);
+               intel_vgpu_destroy_workload(workload);
                if (vgpu_is_vm_unhealthy(ret)) {
                        intel_vgpu_clean_execlist(vgpu);
                        enter_failsafe_mode(vgpu, GVT_FAILSAFE_GUEST_ERR);
                list_for_each_entry_safe(pos, n,
                        &s->workload_q_head[engine->id], list) {
                        list_del_init(&pos->list);
-                       free_workload(pos);
+                       intel_vgpu_destroy_workload(pos);
                }
                clear_bit(engine->id, s->shadow_ctx_desc_updated);
        }
 
        i915_gem_context_put(s->shadow_ctx);
        return ret;
 }
+
+/**
+ * intel_vgpu_destroy_workload - destroy a vGPU workload
+ * @vgpu: a vGPU
+ *
+ * This function is called when destroy a vGPU workload.
+ *
+ */
+void intel_vgpu_destroy_workload(struct intel_vgpu_workload *workload)
+{
+       struct intel_vgpu_submission *s = &workload->vgpu->submission;
+
+       if (workload->shadow_mm)
+               intel_gvt_mm_unreference(workload->shadow_mm);
+
+       kmem_cache_free(s->workloads, workload);
+}
+
+/**
+ * intel_vgpu_create_workload - create a vGPU workload
+ * @vgpu: a vGPU
+ *
+ * This function is called when creating a vGPU workload.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * struct intel_vgpu_workload * on success, negative error code in
+ * pointer if failed.
+ *
+ */
+struct intel_vgpu_workload *
+intel_vgpu_create_workload(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu)
+{
+       struct intel_vgpu_submission *s = &vgpu->submission;
+       struct intel_vgpu_workload *workload;
+
+       workload = kmem_cache_zalloc(s->workloads, GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!workload)
+               return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&workload->list);
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&workload->shadow_bb);
+
+       init_waitqueue_head(&workload->shadow_ctx_status_wq);
+       atomic_set(&workload->shadow_ctx_active, 0);
+
+       workload->status = -EINPROGRESS;
+       workload->shadowed = false;
+       workload->vgpu = vgpu;
+
+       return workload;
+}