diff --git a/include/linux/clockchips.h b/include/linux/clockchips.h
index 271fa4c8eb29fea43a2b8412c30f8f982cf2cc2e..64214ad85af928056efe56272d1260a65fd6f8a3 100644
--- a/include/linux/clockchips.h
+++ b/include/linux/clockchips.h
@@ -149,6 +149,32 @@ struct clock_event_device {
 	struct module		*owner;
 } ____cacheline_aligned;
 
+/* Helpers to verify state of a clockevent device */
+static inline bool clockevent_state_detached(struct clock_event_device *dev)
+{
+	return dev->state == CLOCK_EVT_STATE_DETACHED;
+}
+
+static inline bool clockevent_state_shutdown(struct clock_event_device *dev)
+{
+	return dev->state == CLOCK_EVT_STATE_SHUTDOWN;
+}
+
+static inline bool clockevent_state_periodic(struct clock_event_device *dev)
+{
+	return dev->state == CLOCK_EVT_STATE_PERIODIC;
+}
+
+static inline bool clockevent_state_oneshot(struct clock_event_device *dev)
+{
+	return dev->state == CLOCK_EVT_STATE_ONESHOT;
+}
+
+static inline bool clockevent_state_oneshot_stopped(struct clock_event_device *dev)
+{
+	return dev->state == CLOCK_EVT_STATE_ONESHOT_STOPPED;
+}
+
 /*
  * Calculate a multiplication factor for scaled math, which is used to convert
  * nanoseconds based values to clock ticks: