diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
index 2ca8df8b6102a..41dfaae411590 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 
 /* from BKL pushdown: note that nothing else serializes idr_find() */
 DEFINE_MUTEX(drm_global_mutex);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_global_mutex);
 
 static int drm_open_helper(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
 			   struct drm_device * dev);