diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/gptimers.h b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/gptimers.h
index 9275804d4e2a44566d270843bef790b116f2f818..38bddcb190c8e63529716a97ab6b9b292acb9a87 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/gptimers.h
+++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/gptimers.h
@@ -193,6 +193,16 @@ uint16_t get_enabled_gptimers(void);
 uint32_t get_gptimer_status(unsigned int group);
 void     set_gptimer_status(unsigned int group, uint32_t value);
 
+static inline void enable_gptimer(unsigned int timer_id)
+{
+	enable_gptimers(1 << timer_id);
+}
+
+static inline void disable_gptimer(unsigned int timer_id)
+{
+	disable_gptimers(1 << timer_id);
+}
+
 /*
  * All Blackfin system MMRs are padded to 32bits even if the register
  * itself is only 16bits.  So use a helper macro to streamline this.