diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mm.c
index 8257f9d4f619..6ff98a0e4df3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mm.c
@@ -352,10 +352,10 @@ static struct drm_mm_node *find_hole_addr(struct drm_mm *mm, u64 addr, u64 size)
 	return node;
 }
 
-static struct drm_mm_node *
-first_hole(struct drm_mm *mm,
-	   u64 start, u64 end, u64 size,
-	   enum drm_mm_insert_mode mode)
+struct drm_mm_node *
+__drm_mm_first_hole(struct drm_mm *mm,
+		    u64 start, u64 end, u64 size,
+		    enum drm_mm_insert_mode mode)
 {
 	switch (mode) {
 	default:
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ first_hole(struct drm_mm *mm,
 						hole_stack);
 	}
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__drm_mm_first_hole);
 
 /**
  * DECLARE_NEXT_HOLE_ADDR - macro to declare next hole functions
@@ -410,11 +411,11 @@ static struct drm_mm_node *name(struct drm_mm_node *entry, u64 size)	\
 DECLARE_NEXT_HOLE_ADDR(next_hole_high_addr, rb_left, rb_right)
 DECLARE_NEXT_HOLE_ADDR(next_hole_low_addr, rb_right, rb_left)
 
-static struct drm_mm_node *
-next_hole(struct drm_mm *mm,
-	  struct drm_mm_node *node,
-	  u64 size,
-	  enum drm_mm_insert_mode mode)
+struct drm_mm_node *
+__drm_mm_next_hole(struct drm_mm *mm,
+		   struct drm_mm_node *node,
+		   u64 size,
+		   enum drm_mm_insert_mode mode)
 {
 	switch (mode) {
 	default:
@@ -432,6 +433,7 @@ next_hole(struct drm_mm *mm,
 		return &node->hole_stack == &mm->hole_stack ? NULL : node;
 	}
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__drm_mm_next_hole);
 
 /**
  * drm_mm_reserve_node - insert an pre-initialized node
@@ -516,11 +518,11 @@ int drm_mm_insert_node_in_range(struct drm_mm * const mm,
 				u64 size, u64 alignment,
 				unsigned long color,
 				u64 range_start, u64 range_end,
-				enum drm_mm_insert_mode mode)
+				enum drm_mm_insert_mode caller_mode)
 {
 	struct drm_mm_node *hole;
 	u64 remainder_mask;
-	bool once;
+	enum drm_mm_insert_mode mode = caller_mode & ~DRM_MM_INSERT_ONCE;
 
 	DRM_MM_BUG_ON(range_start > range_end);
 
@@ -533,13 +535,9 @@ int drm_mm_insert_node_in_range(struct drm_mm * const mm,
 	if (alignment <= 1)
 		alignment = 0;
 
-	once = mode & DRM_MM_INSERT_ONCE;
-	mode &= ~DRM_MM_INSERT_ONCE;
-
 	remainder_mask = is_power_of_2(alignment) ? alignment - 1 : 0;
-	for (hole = first_hole(mm, range_start, range_end, size, mode);
-	     hole;
-	     hole = once ? NULL : next_hole(mm, hole, size, mode)) {
+	drm_mm_for_each_suitable_hole(hole, mm, range_start, range_end,
+				      size, caller_mode) {
 		u64 hole_start = __drm_mm_hole_node_start(hole);
 		u64 hole_end = hole_start + hole->hole_size;
 		u64 adj_start, adj_end;
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_mm.h b/include/drm/drm_mm.h
index ac33ba1b18bc..896754fa6d69 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_mm.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_mm.h
@@ -400,6 +400,42 @@ static inline u64 drm_mm_hole_node_end(const struct drm_mm_node *hole_node)
 	     1 : 0; \
 	     pos = list_next_entry(pos, hole_stack))
 
+struct drm_mm_node *
+__drm_mm_first_hole(struct drm_mm *mm,
+		    u64 start, u64 end, u64 size,
+		    enum drm_mm_insert_mode mode);
+
+struct drm_mm_node *
+__drm_mm_next_hole(struct drm_mm *mm,
+		   struct drm_mm_node *node,
+		   u64 size,
+		   enum drm_mm_insert_mode mode);
+
+/**
+ * drm_mm_for_each_suitable_hole - iterator to optimally walk over all
+ * holes that can fit an allocation of the given @size.
+ * @pos: &drm_mm_node used internally to track progress
+ * @mm: &drm_mm allocator to walk
+ * @range_start: start of the allowed range for the allocation
+ * @range_end: end of the allowed range for the allocation
+ * @size: size of the allocation
+ * @mode: fine-tune the allocation search
+ *
+ * This iterator walks over all holes suitable for the allocation of given
+ * @size in a very efficient manner. It is implemented by calling
+ * drm_mm_first_hole() and drm_mm_next_hole() which identify the
+ * appropriate holes within the given range by efficiently traversing the
+ * rbtree associated with @mm.
+ */
+#define drm_mm_for_each_suitable_hole(pos, mm, range_start, range_end, \
+				      size, mode) \
+	for (pos = __drm_mm_first_hole(mm, range_start, range_end, size, \
+				       (mode) & ~DRM_MM_INSERT_ONCE); \
+	     pos; \
+	     pos = (mode) & DRM_MM_INSERT_ONCE ? \
+	     NULL : __drm_mm_next_hole(mm, pos, size, \
+				       (mode) & ~DRM_MM_INSERT_ONCE))
+
 /*
  * Basic range manager support (drm_mm.c)
  */
