diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_cma_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_cma_helper.c
index 4364abfb6a71e64d10e57588666bf38d4fc72a32..0ef8b284a4b8efdec6292636f804089852b24901 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_cma_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_cma_helper.c
@@ -622,3 +622,21 @@ void drm_fbdev_cma_set_suspend(struct drm_fbdev_cma *fbdev_cma, int state)
 		drm_fb_helper_set_suspend(&fbdev_cma->fb_helper, state);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_fbdev_cma_set_suspend);
+
+/**
+ * drm_fbdev_cma_set_suspend_unlocked - wrapper around
+ *                                      drm_fb_helper_set_suspend_unlocked
+ * @fbdev_cma: The drm_fbdev_cma struct, may be NULL
+ * @state: desired state, zero to resume, non-zero to suspend
+ *
+ * Calls drm_fb_helper_set_suspend, which is a wrapper around
+ * fb_set_suspend implemented by fbdev core.
+ */
+void drm_fbdev_cma_set_suspend_unlocked(struct drm_fbdev_cma *fbdev_cma,
+					int state)
+{
+	if (fbdev_cma)
+		drm_fb_helper_set_suspend_unlocked(&fbdev_cma->fb_helper,
+						   state);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_fbdev_cma_set_suspend_unlocked);
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_fb_cma_helper.h b/include/drm/drm_fb_cma_helper.h
index 9f4e34ea99fd7e5c3a1945a46b99c416e0b412d3..8dd6e5585e513eb898145adf173da166b2fd89bc 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_fb_cma_helper.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_fb_cma_helper.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ void drm_fbdev_cma_fini(struct drm_fbdev_cma *fbdev_cma);
 void drm_fbdev_cma_restore_mode(struct drm_fbdev_cma *fbdev_cma);
 void drm_fbdev_cma_hotplug_event(struct drm_fbdev_cma *fbdev_cma);
 void drm_fbdev_cma_set_suspend(struct drm_fbdev_cma *fbdev_cma, int state);
+void drm_fbdev_cma_set_suspend_unlocked(struct drm_fbdev_cma *fbdev_cma,
+					int state);
 
 void drm_fb_cma_destroy(struct drm_framebuffer *fb);
 int drm_fb_cma_create_handle(struct drm_framebuffer *fb,