diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c
index e19525af0ccee11e39277c589beaeb8811d8c0b2..5329e66598c63dda8d4cccb5163064438ae9af25 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ static signed long drm_syncobj_array_wait_timeout(struct drm_syncobj **syncobjs,
  *
  * Calculate the timeout in jiffies from an absolute time in sec/nsec.
  */
-static signed long drm_timeout_abs_to_jiffies(int64_t timeout_nsec)
+signed long drm_timeout_abs_to_jiffies(int64_t timeout_nsec)
 {
 	ktime_t abs_timeout, now;
 	u64 timeout_ns, timeout_jiffies64;
@@ -755,6 +755,7 @@ static signed long drm_timeout_abs_to_jiffies(int64_t timeout_nsec)
 
 	return timeout_jiffies64 + 1;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_timeout_abs_to_jiffies);
 
 static int drm_syncobj_array_wait(struct drm_device *dev,
 				  struct drm_file *file_private,
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_utils.h b/include/drm/drm_utils.h
index a803988d85792512ce82b93ac3f31fb173acfcde..70775748d243b0fd6e13a088d05c45f31cf34a4a 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_utils.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_utils.h
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 #ifndef __DRM_UTILS_H__
 #define __DRM_UTILS_H__
 
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
 int drm_get_panel_orientation_quirk(int width, int height);
 
+signed long drm_timeout_abs_to_jiffies(int64_t timeout_nsec);
+
 #endif