diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
index cf919e3..4321713 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
@@ -644,6 +644,55 @@ void drm_gem_vm_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_gem_vm_close);
 
+/**
+ * drm_gem_mmap_obj - memory map a GEM object
+ * @obj: the GEM object to map
+ * @obj_size: the object size to be mapped, in bytes
+ * @vma: VMA for the area to be mapped
+ *
+ * Set up the VMA to prepare mapping of the GEM object using the gem_vm_ops
+ * provided by the driver. Depending on their requirements, drivers can either
+ * provide a fault handler in their gem_vm_ops (in which case any accesses to
+ * the object will be trapped, to perform migration, GTT binding, surface
+ * register allocation, or performance monitoring), or mmap the buffer memory
+ * synchronously after calling drm_gem_mmap_obj.
+ *
+ * This function is mainly intended to implement the DMABUF mmap operation, when
+ * the GEM object is not looked up based on its fake offset. To implement the
+ * DRM mmap operation, drivers should use the drm_gem_mmap() function.
+ *
+ * Return 0 or success or -EINVAL if the object size is smaller than the VMA
+ * size, or if no gem_vm_ops are provided.
+ */
+int drm_gem_mmap_obj(struct drm_gem_object *obj, unsigned long obj_size,
+		     struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	struct drm_device *dev = obj->dev;
+
+	/* Check for valid size. */
+	if (obj_size < vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!dev->driver->gem_vm_ops)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	vma->vm_flags |= VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP | VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_DONTDUMP;
+	vma->vm_ops = dev->driver->gem_vm_ops;
+	vma->vm_private_data = obj;
+	vma->vm_page_prot =  pgprot_writecombine(vm_get_page_prot(vma->vm_flags));
+
+	/* Take a ref for this mapping of the object, so that the fault
+	 * handler can dereference the mmap offset's pointer to the object.
+	 * This reference is cleaned up by the corresponding vm_close
+	 * (which should happen whether the vma was created by this call, or
+	 * by a vm_open due to mremap or partial unmap or whatever).
+	 */
+	drm_gem_object_reference(obj);
+
+	drm_vm_open_locked(dev, vma);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_gem_mmap_obj);
 
 /**
  * drm_gem_mmap - memory map routine for GEM objects
@@ -653,11 +702,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_gem_vm_close);
  * If a driver supports GEM object mapping, mmap calls on the DRM file
  * descriptor will end up here.
  *
- * If we find the object based on the offset passed in (vma->vm_pgoff will
+ * Look up the GEM object based on the offset passed in (vma->vm_pgoff will
  * contain the fake offset we created when the GTT map ioctl was called on
- * the object), we set up the driver fault handler so that any accesses
- * to the object can be trapped, to perform migration, GTT binding, surface
- * register allocation, or performance monitoring.
+ * the object) and map it with a call to drm_gem_mmap_obj().
  */
 int drm_gem_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
@@ -665,7 +712,6 @@ int drm_gem_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	struct drm_device *dev = priv->minor->dev;
 	struct drm_gem_mm *mm = dev->mm_private;
 	struct drm_local_map *map = NULL;
-	struct drm_gem_object *obj;
 	struct drm_hash_item *hash;
 	int ret = 0;
 
@@ -686,32 +732,7 @@ int drm_gem_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
-	/* Check for valid size. */
-	if (map->size < vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto out_unlock;
-	}
-
-	obj = map->handle;
-	if (!obj->dev->driver->gem_vm_ops) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto out_unlock;
-	}
-
-	vma->vm_flags |= VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP | VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_DONTDUMP;
-	vma->vm_ops = obj->dev->driver->gem_vm_ops;
-	vma->vm_private_data = map->handle;
-	vma->vm_page_prot =  pgprot_writecombine(vm_get_page_prot(vma->vm_flags));
-
-	/* Take a ref for this mapping of the object, so that the fault
-	 * handler can dereference the mmap offset's pointer to the object.
-	 * This reference is cleaned up by the corresponding vm_close
-	 * (which should happen whether the vma was created by this call, or
-	 * by a vm_open due to mremap or partial unmap or whatever).
-	 */
-	drm_gem_object_reference(obj);
-
-	drm_vm_open_locked(dev, vma);
+	ret = drm_gem_mmap_obj(map->handle, map->size, vma);
 
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
diff --git a/include/drm/drmP.h b/include/drm/drmP.h
index b06f5af..79fb4c7 100644
--- a/include/drm/drmP.h
+++ b/include/drm/drmP.h
@@ -1616,6 +1616,8 @@ int drm_gem_private_object_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 void drm_gem_object_handle_free(struct drm_gem_object *obj);
 void drm_gem_vm_open(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 void drm_gem_vm_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
+int drm_gem_mmap_obj(struct drm_gem_object *obj, unsigned long obj_size,
+		     struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 int drm_gem_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 
 #include <drm/drm_global.h>
