diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/fence-array.c b/drivers/dma-buf/fence-array.c
index a8731c853da6a3551f405db83c2a9469fc235be3..ee500226197bc95bd0d30c274fddea18c5121944 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/fence-array.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/fence-array.c
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ const struct fence_ops fence_array_ops = {
 	.wait = fence_default_wait,
 	.release = fence_array_release,
 };
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(fence_array_ops);
 
 /**
  * fence_array_create - Create a custom fence array
diff --git a/include/linux/fence-array.h b/include/linux/fence-array.h
index 86baaa45567ce54d9499292bb2d0770c786e93ba..a44794e508df8cd3e72a8b3e37ad1a56a6107cd2 100644
--- a/include/linux/fence-array.h
+++ b/include/linux/fence-array.h
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ struct fence_array {
 
 extern const struct fence_ops fence_array_ops;
 
+/**
+ * fence_is_array - check if a fence is from the array subsclass
+ *
+ * Return true if it is a fence_array and false otherwise.
+ */
+static inline bool fence_is_array(struct fence *fence)
+{
+	return fence->ops == &fence_array_ops;
+}
+
 /**
  * to_fence_array - cast a fence to a fence_array
  * @fence: fence to cast to a fence_array