diff --git a/lib/drmtest.c b/lib/drmtest.c
index c0fda727..5475a4d3 100644
--- a/lib/drmtest.c
+++ b/lib/drmtest.c
@@ -463,6 +463,16 @@ uint32_t gem_create(int fd, int size)
 	return create.handle;
 }
 
+void gem_execbuf(int fd, struct drm_i915_gem_execbuffer2 *execbuf)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = drmIoctl(fd,
+		       DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_EXECBUFFER2,
+		       execbuf);
+	igt_assert(ret == 0);
+}
+
 void *gem_mmap__gtt(int fd, uint32_t handle, int size, int prot)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_gem_mmap_gtt mmap_arg;
diff --git a/lib/drmtest.h b/lib/drmtest.h
index 27573bfd..bf947dfd 100644
--- a/lib/drmtest.h
+++ b/lib/drmtest.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ void gem_set_domain(int fd, uint32_t handle,
 		    uint32_t read_domains, uint32_t write_domain);
 void gem_sync(int fd, uint32_t handle);
 uint32_t gem_create(int fd, int size);
+void gem_execbuf(int fd, struct drm_i915_gem_execbuffer2 *execbuf);
 
 void *gem_mmap__gtt(int fd, uint32_t handle, int size, int prot);
 void *gem_mmap__cpu(int fd, uint32_t handle, int size, int prot);
diff --git a/tests/gem_exec_blt.c b/tests/gem_exec_blt.c
index 058d3d0b..cbaa78b0 100644
--- a/tests/gem_exec_blt.c
+++ b/tests/gem_exec_blt.c
@@ -125,19 +125,6 @@ static int gem_linear_blt(uint32_t *batch,
 	return (b+2 - batch) * sizeof(uint32_t);
 }
 
-static int gem_exec(int fd, struct drm_i915_gem_execbuffer2 *execbuf, int loops)
-{
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	while (loops-- && ret == 0) {
-		ret = drmIoctl(fd,
-			       DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_EXECBUFFER2,
-			       execbuf);
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static double elapsed(const struct timeval *start,
 		      const struct timeval *end,
 		      int loop)
@@ -230,8 +217,8 @@ static void run(int object_size)
 		struct timeval start, end;
 
 		gettimeofday(&start, NULL);
-		if (gem_exec(fd, &execbuf, count))
-			igt_fail(1);
+		for (int loop = 0; loop < count; loop++)
+			gem_execbuf(fd, &execbuf);
 		gem_sync(fd, handle);
 		gettimeofday(&end, NULL);
 		printf("Time to blt %d bytes x %6d:	%7.3fµs, %s\n",
diff --git a/tests/gem_exec_faulting_reloc.c b/tests/gem_exec_faulting_reloc.c
index 8287a077..73b8f6d2 100644
--- a/tests/gem_exec_faulting_reloc.c
+++ b/tests/gem_exec_faulting_reloc.c
@@ -130,16 +130,6 @@ static int gem_linear_blt(uint32_t *batch,
 	return (b+2 - batch) * sizeof(uint32_t);
 }
 
-static void gem_exec(int fd, struct drm_i915_gem_execbuffer2 *execbuf)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = drmIoctl(fd,
-		       DRM_IOCTL_I915_GEM_EXECBUFFER2,
-		       execbuf);
-	igt_assert(ret == 0);
-}
-
 static void run(int object_size)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_gem_execbuffer2 execbuf;
@@ -209,7 +199,7 @@ static void run(int object_size)
 	i915_execbuffer2_set_context_id(execbuf, 0);
 	execbuf.rsvd2 = 0;
 
-	gem_exec(fd, &execbuf);
+	gem_execbuf(fd, &execbuf);
 	gem_sync(fd, handle);
 
 	gem_close(fd, handle);