diff --git a/target/arm/tlb_helper.c b/target/arm/tlb_helper.c
index 12a934e924..4cacb9658f 100644
--- a/target/arm/tlb_helper.c
+++ b/target/arm/tlb_helper.c
@@ -49,25 +49,11 @@ static inline uint32_t merge_syn_data_abort(uint32_t template_syn,
     return syn;
 }
 
-static void QEMU_NORETURN arm_deliver_fault(ARMCPU *cpu, vaddr addr,
-                                            MMUAccessType access_type,
-                                            int mmu_idx, ARMMMUFaultInfo *fi)
+static uint32_t compute_fsr_fsc(CPUARMState *env, ARMMMUFaultInfo *fi,
+                                int target_el, int mmu_idx, uint32_t *ret_fsc)
 {
-    CPUARMState *env = &cpu->env;
-    int target_el;
-    bool same_el;
-    uint32_t syn, exc, fsr, fsc;
     ARMMMUIdx arm_mmu_idx = core_to_arm_mmu_idx(env, mmu_idx);
-
-    target_el = exception_target_el(env);
-    if (fi->stage2) {
-        target_el = 2;
-        env->cp15.hpfar_el2 = extract64(fi->s2addr, 12, 47) << 4;
-        if (arm_is_secure_below_el3(env) && fi->s1ns) {
-            env->cp15.hpfar_el2 |= HPFAR_NS;
-        }
-    }
-    same_el = (arm_current_el(env) == target_el);
+    uint32_t fsr, fsc;
 
     if (target_el == 2 || arm_el_is_aa64(env, target_el) ||
         arm_s1_regime_using_lpae_format(env, arm_mmu_idx)) {
@@ -88,6 +74,31 @@ static void QEMU_NORETURN arm_deliver_fault(ARMCPU *cpu, vaddr addr,
         fsc = 0x3f;
     }
 
+    *ret_fsc = fsc;
+    return fsr;
+}
+
+static void QEMU_NORETURN arm_deliver_fault(ARMCPU *cpu, vaddr addr,
+                                            MMUAccessType access_type,
+                                            int mmu_idx, ARMMMUFaultInfo *fi)
+{
+    CPUARMState *env = &cpu->env;
+    int target_el;
+    bool same_el;
+    uint32_t syn, exc, fsr, fsc;
+
+    target_el = exception_target_el(env);
+    if (fi->stage2) {
+        target_el = 2;
+        env->cp15.hpfar_el2 = extract64(fi->s2addr, 12, 47) << 4;
+        if (arm_is_secure_below_el3(env) && fi->s1ns) {
+            env->cp15.hpfar_el2 |= HPFAR_NS;
+        }
+    }
+    same_el = (arm_current_el(env) == target_el);
+
+    fsr = compute_fsr_fsc(env, fi, target_el, mmu_idx, &fsc);
+
     if (access_type == MMU_INST_FETCH) {
         syn = syn_insn_abort(same_el, fi->ea, fi->s1ptw, fsc);
         exc = EXCP_PREFETCH_ABORT;