diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/st33zp24.c b/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/st33zp24.c
index 16be974955ea..abd675bec88c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/st33zp24.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/st33zp24.c
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ static int st33zp24_send(struct tpm_chip *chip, unsigned char *buf,
 		ordinal = be32_to_cpu(*((__be32 *) (buf + 6)));
 
 		ret = wait_for_stat(chip, TPM_STS_DATA_AVAIL | TPM_STS_VALID,
-				tpm1_calc_ordinal_duration(chip, ordinal),
+				tpm_calc_ordinal_duration(chip, ordinal),
 				&tpm_dev->read_queue, false);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto out_err;
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
index bb3eed907c72..305eb3069101 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
@@ -47,6 +47,25 @@ module_param_named(suspend_pcr, tpm_suspend_pcr, uint, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(suspend_pcr,
 		 "PCR to use for dummy writes to facilitate flush on suspend.");
 
+/**
+ * tpm_calc_ordinal_duration() - calculate the maximum command duration
+ * @chip:    TPM chip to use.
+ * @ordinal: TPM command ordinal.
+ *
+ * The function returns the maximum amount of time the chip could take
+ * to return the result for a particular ordinal in jiffies.
+ *
+ * Return: A maximal duration time for an ordinal in jiffies.
+ */
+unsigned long tpm_calc_ordinal_duration(struct tpm_chip *chip, u32 ordinal)
+{
+	if (chip->flags & TPM_CHIP_FLAG_TPM2)
+		return tpm2_calc_ordinal_duration(chip, ordinal);
+	else
+		return tpm1_calc_ordinal_duration(chip, ordinal);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_calc_ordinal_duration);
+
 static int tpm_validate_command(struct tpm_chip *chip,
 				 struct tpm_space *space,
 				 const u8 *cmd,
@@ -220,10 +239,7 @@ static ssize_t tpm_try_transmit(struct tpm_chip *chip,
 	if (chip->flags & TPM_CHIP_FLAG_IRQ)
 		goto out_recv;
 
-	if (chip->flags & TPM_CHIP_FLAG_TPM2)
-		stop = jiffies + tpm2_calc_ordinal_duration(chip, ordinal);
-	else
-		stop = jiffies + tpm1_calc_ordinal_duration(chip, ordinal);
+	stop = jiffies + tpm_calc_ordinal_duration(chip, ordinal);
 	do {
 		u8 status = chip->ops->status(chip);
 		if ((status & chip->ops->req_complete_mask) ==
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
index c59d2c20c339..73511cd89bef 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ int tpm_get_timeouts(struct tpm_chip *);
 int tpm1_auto_startup(struct tpm_chip *chip);
 int tpm_do_selftest(struct tpm_chip *chip);
 unsigned long tpm1_calc_ordinal_duration(struct tpm_chip *chip, u32 ordinal);
+unsigned long tpm_calc_ordinal_duration(struct tpm_chip *chip, u32 ordinal);
 int tpm_pm_suspend(struct device *dev);
 int tpm_pm_resume(struct device *dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm1-cmd.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm1-cmd.c
index 991260134659..dfbe9c60cbcf 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm1-cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm1-cmd.c
@@ -307,4 +307,3 @@ unsigned long tpm1_calc_ordinal_duration(struct tpm_chip *chip, u32 ordinal)
 	else
 		return duration;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm1_calc_ordinal_duration);
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-cmd.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-cmd.c
index f08478c78bf7..5e7bf8842be0 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-cmd.c
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ unsigned long tpm2_calc_ordinal_duration(struct tpm_chip *chip, u32 ordinal)
 	else
 		return msecs_to_jiffies(TPM2_DURATION_DEFAULT);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm2_calc_ordinal_duration);
 
 
 struct tpm2_pcr_read_out {
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_i2c_nuvoton.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_i2c_nuvoton.c
index 5d20e98b844f..4146f822fba9 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_i2c_nuvoton.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_i2c_nuvoton.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ static int i2c_nuvoton_send(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t len)
 		return rc;
 	}
 	ordinal = be32_to_cpu(*((__be32 *) (buf + 6)));
-	duration = tpm1_calc_ordinal_duration(chip, ordinal);
+	duration = tpm_calc_ordinal_duration(chip, ordinal);
 	rc = i2c_nuvoton_wait_for_data_avail(chip, duration, &priv->read_queue);
 	if (rc) {
 		dev_err(dev, "%s() timeout command duration %ld\n",
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c
index 14c332104de4..f9e73d0f9386 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c
@@ -473,11 +473,7 @@ static int tpm_tis_send_main(struct tpm_chip *chip, const u8 *buf, size_t len)
 	if (chip->flags & TPM_CHIP_FLAG_IRQ) {
 		ordinal = be32_to_cpu(*((__be32 *) (buf + 6)));
 
-		if (chip->flags & TPM_CHIP_FLAG_TPM2)
-			dur = tpm2_calc_ordinal_duration(chip, ordinal);
-		else
-			dur = tpm1_calc_ordinal_duration(chip, ordinal);
-
+		dur = tpm_calc_ordinal_duration(chip, ordinal);
 		if (wait_for_tpm_stat
 		    (chip, TPM_STS_DATA_AVAIL | TPM_STS_VALID, dur,
 		     &priv->read_queue, false) < 0) {
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/xen-tpmfront.c b/drivers/char/tpm/xen-tpmfront.c
index 77097229bf49..b150f87f38f5 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/xen-tpmfront.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/xen-tpmfront.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static int vtpm_send(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t count)
 	notify_remote_via_evtchn(priv->evtchn);
 
 	ordinal = be32_to_cpu(((struct tpm_input_header*)buf)->ordinal);
-	duration = tpm1_calc_ordinal_duration(chip, ordinal);
+	duration = tpm_calc_ordinal_duration(chip, ordinal);
 
 	if (wait_for_tpm_stat(chip, VTPM_STATUS_IDLE, duration,
 			&priv->read_queue, true) < 0) {
