diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/label.c b/drivers/nvdimm/label.c
index 294ffc3cb582..7f473f9db300 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/label.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/label.c
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ static unsigned long nd_label_offset(struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd,
 		- (unsigned long) to_namespace_index(ndd, 0);
 }
 
-enum nvdimm_claim_class to_nvdimm_cclass(guid_t *guid)
+static enum nvdimm_claim_class to_nvdimm_cclass(guid_t *guid)
 {
 	if (guid_equal(guid, &nvdimm_btt_guid))
 		return NVDIMM_CCLASS_BTT;
@@ -792,6 +792,25 @@ bool nsl_validate_type_guid(struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd,
 	return true;
 }
 
+static void nsl_set_claim_class(struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd,
+				struct nd_namespace_label *nd_label,
+				enum nvdimm_claim_class claim_class)
+{
+	if (!namespace_label_has(ndd, abstraction_guid))
+		return;
+	guid_copy(&nd_label->abstraction_guid,
+		  to_abstraction_guid(claim_class,
+				      &nd_label->abstraction_guid));
+}
+
+enum nvdimm_claim_class nsl_get_claim_class(struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd,
+					    struct nd_namespace_label *nd_label)
+{
+	if (!namespace_label_has(ndd, abstraction_guid))
+		return NVDIMM_CCLASS_NONE;
+	return to_nvdimm_cclass(&nd_label->abstraction_guid);
+}
+
 static int __pmem_label_update(struct nd_region *nd_region,
 		struct nd_mapping *nd_mapping, struct nd_namespace_pmem *nspm,
 		int pos, unsigned long flags)
@@ -843,10 +862,7 @@ static int __pmem_label_update(struct nd_region *nd_region,
 	nsl_set_dpa(ndd, nd_label, res->start);
 	nsl_set_slot(ndd, nd_label, slot);
 	nsl_set_type_guid(ndd, nd_label, &nd_set->type_guid);
-	if (namespace_label_has(ndd, abstraction_guid))
-		guid_copy(&nd_label->abstraction_guid,
-				to_abstraction_guid(ndns->claim_class,
-					&nd_label->abstraction_guid));
+	nsl_set_claim_class(ndd, nd_label, ndns->claim_class);
 	nsl_calculate_checksum(ndd, nd_label);
 	nd_dbg_dpa(nd_region, ndd, res, "\n");
 
@@ -1111,10 +1127,7 @@ static int __blk_label_update(struct nd_region *nd_region,
 		nsl_set_lbasize(ndd, nd_label, nsblk->lbasize);
 		nsl_set_slot(ndd, nd_label, slot);
 		nsl_set_type_guid(ndd, nd_label, &nd_set->type_guid);
-		if (namespace_label_has(ndd, abstraction_guid))
-			guid_copy(&nd_label->abstraction_guid,
-					to_abstraction_guid(ndns->claim_class,
-						&nd_label->abstraction_guid));
+		nsl_set_claim_class(ndd, nd_label, ndns->claim_class);
 		nsl_calculate_checksum(ndd, nd_label);
 
 		/* update label */
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/label.h b/drivers/nvdimm/label.h
index 956b6d1bd8cc..31f94fad7b92 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/label.h
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/label.h
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ struct nd_namespace_label *nd_label_active(struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd, int n);
 u32 nd_label_alloc_slot(struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd);
 bool nd_label_free_slot(struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd, u32 slot);
 u32 nd_label_nfree(struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd);
-enum nvdimm_claim_class to_nvdimm_cclass(guid_t *guid);
 struct nd_region;
 struct nd_namespace_pmem;
 struct nd_namespace_blk;
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/namespace_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/namespace_devs.c
index af5a31dd3147..58c76d74127a 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/namespace_devs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/namespace_devs.c
@@ -2042,10 +2042,8 @@ static struct device *create_namespace_pmem(struct nd_region *nd_region,
 		nspm->uuid = kmemdup((void __force *) label0->uuid,
 				NSLABEL_UUID_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
 		nspm->lbasize = nsl_get_lbasize(ndd, label0);
-		if (namespace_label_has(ndd, abstraction_guid))
-			nspm->nsio.common.claim_class
-				= to_nvdimm_cclass(&label0->abstraction_guid);
-
+		nspm->nsio.common.claim_class =
+			nsl_get_claim_class(ndd, label0);
 	}
 
 	if (!nspm->alt_name || !nspm->uuid) {
@@ -2273,11 +2271,8 @@ static struct device *create_namespace_blk(struct nd_region *nd_region,
 	dev->parent = &nd_region->dev;
 	nsblk->id = -1;
 	nsblk->lbasize = nsl_get_lbasize(ndd, nd_label);
-	nsblk->uuid = kmemdup(nd_label->uuid, NSLABEL_UUID_LEN,
-			GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (namespace_label_has(ndd, abstraction_guid))
-		nsblk->common.claim_class
-			= to_nvdimm_cclass(&nd_label->abstraction_guid);
+	nsblk->uuid = kmemdup(nd_label->uuid, NSLABEL_UUID_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
+	nsblk->common.claim_class = nsl_get_claim_class(ndd, nd_label);
 	if (!nsblk->uuid)
 		goto blk_err;
 	nsl_get_name(ndd, nd_label, name);
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h b/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h
index a3e215f2d837..5467ebbb4a6b 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ bool nsl_validate_blk_isetcookie(struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd,
 				 u64 isetcookie);
 bool nsl_validate_type_guid(struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd,
 			    struct nd_namespace_label *nd_label, guid_t *guid);
+enum nvdimm_claim_class nsl_get_claim_class(struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd,
+					    struct nd_namespace_label *nd_label);
 
 struct nd_region_data {
 	int ns_count;