diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/base.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/base.c
index 943030a7523c2797891762b9e44e51563e965970..03942097b9f1e8395065b1c3552c55a8a58b7469 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/base.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/base.c
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 
+static bool dss_initialized;
+
+void omapdss_set_is_initialized(bool set)
+{
+	dss_initialized = set;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(omapdss_set_is_initialized);
+
+bool omapdss_is_initialized(void)
+{
+	return dss_initialized;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(omapdss_is_initialized);
+
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("OMAP Display Subsystem Base");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/dss.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/dss.c
index 4e72d2fefb4df01e2f76683571590e6f62925de2..5eb2f126054713a118276c30f139faccdd96c108 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/dss.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/dss.c
@@ -117,14 +117,6 @@ static const char * const dss_generic_clk_source_names[] = {
 	[DSS_CLK_SRC_HDMI_PLL]	= "HDMI PLL",
 };
 
-static bool dss_initialized;
-
-bool omapdss_is_initialized(void)
-{
-	return dss_initialized;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(omapdss_is_initialized);
-
 static inline void dss_write_reg(const struct dss_reg idx, u32 val)
 {
 	__raw_writel(val, dss.base + idx.idx);
@@ -1266,7 +1258,7 @@ static int dss_bind(struct device *dev)
 
 	pm_set_vt_switch(0);
 
-	dss_initialized = true;
+	omapdss_set_is_initialized(true);
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -1290,7 +1282,7 @@ static void dss_unbind(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
 
-	dss_initialized = false;
+	omapdss_set_is_initialized(false);
 
 	component_unbind_all(&pdev->dev, NULL);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/omapdss.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/omapdss.h
index 5b3b961127bd2db756297eca3d0ba3f8a9bf2e59..b644b12345c32cd427f408bbf24e5caa08e63c97 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/omapdss.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/omapdss.h
@@ -844,6 +844,8 @@ omapdss_of_get_first_endpoint(const struct device_node *parent);
 struct omap_dss_device *
 omapdss_of_find_source_for_first_ep(struct device_node *node);
 
+void omapdss_set_is_initialized(bool set);
+
 u32 dispc_read_irqstatus(void);
 void dispc_clear_irqstatus(u32 mask);
 u32 dispc_read_irqenable(void);