diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
index ebfe8404c25ff1971fdd705545f589a53a56575e..45a1c7468e88d56004e4d0b30d4734b25f47bd27 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
@@ -321,3 +321,7 @@ config DRM_SAVAGE
 	  chipset. If M is selected the module will be called savage.
 
 endif # DRM_LEGACY
+
+config DRM_LIB_RANDOM
+	bool
+	default n
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
index b9ae4280de9d06f30be9fee2de59c231a50a12cc..6bb416360ae4b36dc3d6621cc5519f2f8551b686 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ drm-y       :=	drm_auth.o drm_bufs.o drm_cache.o \
 		drm_plane.o drm_color_mgmt.o drm_print.o \
 		drm_dumb_buffers.o drm_mode_config.o
 
+drm-$(CONFIG_DRM_LIB_RANDOM) += lib/drm_random.o
 drm-$(CONFIG_COMPAT) += drm_ioc32.o
 drm-$(CONFIG_DRM_GEM_CMA_HELPER) += drm_gem_cma_helper.o
 drm-$(CONFIG_PCI) += ati_pcigart.o
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/lib/drm_random.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/lib/drm_random.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7b12a68c3b54bc4b670c2f7024e661760a1fe5d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/lib/drm_random.c
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/random.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#include "drm_random.h"
+
+static inline u32 drm_prandom_u32_max_state(u32 ep_ro, struct rnd_state *state)
+{
+	return upper_32_bits((u64)prandom_u32_state(state) * ep_ro);
+}
+
+void drm_random_reorder(unsigned int *order, unsigned int count,
+			struct rnd_state *state)
+{
+	unsigned int i, j;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+		BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(unsigned int) > sizeof(u32));
+		j = drm_prandom_u32_max_state(count, state);
+		swap(order[i], order[j]);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_random_reorder);
+
+unsigned int *drm_random_order(unsigned int count, struct rnd_state *state)
+{
+	unsigned int *order, i;
+
+	order = kmalloc_array(count, sizeof(*order), GFP_TEMPORARY);
+	if (!order)
+		return order;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
+		order[i] = i;
+
+	drm_random_reorder(order, count, state);
+	return order;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_random_order);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/lib/drm_random.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/lib/drm_random.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a78644bea7f9d2904a6222bc53c7e3530e6c2227
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/lib/drm_random.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#ifndef __DRM_RANDOM_H__
+#define __DRM_RANDOM_H__
+
+/* This is a temporary home for a couple of utility functions that should
+ * be transposed to lib/ at the earliest convenience.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/random.h>
+
+#define DRM_RND_STATE_INITIALIZER(seed__) ({				\
+	struct rnd_state state__;					\
+	prandom_seed_state(&state__, (seed__));				\
+	state__;							\
+})
+
+#define DRM_RND_STATE(name__, seed__) \
+	struct rnd_state name__ = DRM_RND_STATE_INITIALIZER(seed__)
+
+unsigned int *drm_random_order(unsigned int count,
+			       struct rnd_state *state);
+void drm_random_reorder(unsigned int *order,
+			unsigned int count,
+			struct rnd_state *state);
+
+#endif /* !__DRM_RANDOM_H__ */