diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl
index 1d3756d3176ce58656999f8103a98e6256f9b2a5..9727594893760994fdd08895188ef51202c0786b 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl
@@ -3400,6 +3400,7 @@ void (*disable_vblank) (struct drm_device *dev, int crtc);</synopsis>
     <sect2>
       <title>Vertical Blanking and Interrupt Handling Functions Reference</title>
 !Edrivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
+!Iinclude/drm/drmP.h drm_crtc_vblank_waitqueue
     </sect2>
   </sect1>
 
diff --git a/include/drm/drmP.h b/include/drm/drmP.h
index d3d9be6b83efe13a0aa1425656f83c46429b4e46..bb44c1ee557dfe526d610afb34dc239363e6e284 100644
--- a/include/drm/drmP.h
+++ b/include/drm/drmP.h
@@ -1344,6 +1344,17 @@ extern int drm_calc_vbltimestamp_from_scanoutpos(struct drm_device *dev,
 extern void drm_calc_timestamping_constants(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 					    const struct drm_display_mode *mode);
 
+/**
+ * drm_crtc_vblank_waitqueue - get vblank waitqueue for the CRTC
+ * @crtc: which CRTC's vblank waitqueue to retrieve
+ *
+ * This function returns a pointer to the vblank waitqueue for the CRTC.
+ * Drivers can use this to implement vblank waits using wait_event() & co.
+ */
+static inline wait_queue_head_t *drm_crtc_vblank_waitqueue(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
+{
+	return &crtc->dev->vblank[drm_crtc_index(crtc)].queue;
+}
 
 /* Modesetting support */
 extern void drm_vblank_pre_modeset(struct drm_device *dev, int crtc);