diff --git a/drivers/gpu/host1x/channel.c b/drivers/gpu/host1x/channel.c
index 4cd212bb570d5237c76518ea648a901790a90146..2a9a3a8d5931a2b5597393fdfe7155475cd5d06b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/host1x/channel.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/host1x/channel.c
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ struct host1x_channel *host1x_channel_get_index(struct host1x *host,
 	return ch;
 }
 
+void host1x_channel_stop(struct host1x_channel *channel)
+{
+	struct host1x *host = dev_get_drvdata(channel->dev->parent);
+
+	host1x_hw_cdma_stop(host, &channel->cdma);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(host1x_channel_stop);
+
 static void release_channel(struct kref *kref)
 {
 	struct host1x_channel *channel =
diff --git a/include/linux/host1x.h b/include/linux/host1x.h
index 2ca53d7ed7ca4c4ec43c978e2d500c168d217f82..e8dc5bc41f796f87dbd0d08ea27670a1417155cf 100644
--- a/include/linux/host1x.h
+++ b/include/linux/host1x.h
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ struct host1x_job;
 
 struct host1x_channel *host1x_channel_request(struct host1x_client *client);
 struct host1x_channel *host1x_channel_get(struct host1x_channel *channel);
+void host1x_channel_stop(struct host1x_channel *channel);
 void host1x_channel_put(struct host1x_channel *channel);
 int host1x_job_submit(struct host1x_job *job);