diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl
index 6c11d77c8d0225c512c1e4e6ecd35cfee0c86287..b26de523ab70ff492e40d9b956724a7a3d44c8c1 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl
@@ -743,6 +743,10 @@ char *date;</synopsis>
           These two operations are mandatory for GEM drivers that support DRM
           PRIME.
         </para>
+        <sect4>
+          <title>DRM PRIME Helper Functions Reference</title>
+!Pdrivers/gpu/drm/drm_prime.c PRIME Helpers
+        </sect4>
       </sect3>
       <sect3 id="drm-gem-objects-mapping">
         <title>GEM Objects Mapping</title>
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_prime.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_prime.c
index 7f125738f44e78dc37439fe13b9bc0868e9d4baf..366910ddcfcb3cd96b33c2dcd9c1d122b01990b5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_prime.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_prime.c
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@
  * Self-importing: if userspace is using PRIME as a replacement for flink
  * then it will get a fd->handle request for a GEM object that it created.
  * Drivers should detect this situation and return back the gem object
- * from the dma-buf private.
+ * from the dma-buf private.  Prime will do this automatically for drivers that
+ * use the drm_gem_prime_{import,export} helpers.
  */
 
 struct drm_prime_member {
@@ -62,6 +63,137 @@ struct drm_prime_member {
 	uint32_t handle;
 };
 
+static struct sg_table *drm_gem_map_dma_buf(struct dma_buf_attachment *attach,
+		enum dma_data_direction dir)
+{
+	struct drm_gem_object *obj = attach->dmabuf->priv;
+	struct sg_table *sgt;
+
+	mutex_lock(&obj->dev->struct_mutex);
+
+	sgt = obj->dev->driver->gem_prime_get_sg_table(obj);
+
+	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(sgt))
+		dma_map_sg(attach->dev, sgt->sgl, sgt->nents, dir);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&obj->dev->struct_mutex);
+	return sgt;
+}
+
+static void drm_gem_unmap_dma_buf(struct dma_buf_attachment *attach,
+		struct sg_table *sgt, enum dma_data_direction dir)
+{
+	dma_unmap_sg(attach->dev, sgt->sgl, sgt->nents, dir);
+	sg_free_table(sgt);
+	kfree(sgt);
+}
+
+static void drm_gem_dmabuf_release(struct dma_buf *dma_buf)
+{
+	struct drm_gem_object *obj = dma_buf->priv;
+
+	if (obj->export_dma_buf == dma_buf) {
+		/* drop the reference on the export fd holds */
+		obj->export_dma_buf = NULL;
+		drm_gem_object_unreference_unlocked(obj);
+	}
+}
+
+static void *drm_gem_dmabuf_vmap(struct dma_buf *dma_buf)
+{
+	struct drm_gem_object *obj = dma_buf->priv;
+	struct drm_device *dev = obj->dev;
+
+	return dev->driver->gem_prime_vmap(obj);
+}
+
+static void drm_gem_dmabuf_vunmap(struct dma_buf *dma_buf, void *vaddr)
+{
+	struct drm_gem_object *obj = dma_buf->priv;
+	struct drm_device *dev = obj->dev;
+
+	dev->driver->gem_prime_vunmap(obj, vaddr);
+}
+
+static void *drm_gem_dmabuf_kmap_atomic(struct dma_buf *dma_buf,
+		unsigned long page_num)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static void drm_gem_dmabuf_kunmap_atomic(struct dma_buf *dma_buf,
+		unsigned long page_num, void *addr)
+{
+
+}
+static void *drm_gem_dmabuf_kmap(struct dma_buf *dma_buf,
+		unsigned long page_num)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static void drm_gem_dmabuf_kunmap(struct dma_buf *dma_buf,
+		unsigned long page_num, void *addr)
+{
+
+}
+
+static int drm_gem_dmabuf_mmap(struct dma_buf *dma_buf,
+		struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static const struct dma_buf_ops drm_gem_prime_dmabuf_ops =  {
+	.map_dma_buf = drm_gem_map_dma_buf,
+	.unmap_dma_buf = drm_gem_unmap_dma_buf,
+	.release = drm_gem_dmabuf_release,
+	.kmap = drm_gem_dmabuf_kmap,
+	.kmap_atomic = drm_gem_dmabuf_kmap_atomic,
+	.kunmap = drm_gem_dmabuf_kunmap,
+	.kunmap_atomic = drm_gem_dmabuf_kunmap_atomic,
+	.mmap = drm_gem_dmabuf_mmap,
+	.vmap = drm_gem_dmabuf_vmap,
+	.vunmap = drm_gem_dmabuf_vunmap,
+};
+
+/**
+ * DOC: PRIME Helpers
+ *
+ * Drivers can implement @gem_prime_export and @gem_prime_import in terms of
+ * simpler APIs by using the helper functions @drm_gem_prime_export and
+ * @drm_gem_prime_import.  These functions implement dma-buf support in terms of
+ * five lower-level driver callbacks:
+ *
+ * Export callbacks:
+ *
+ *  - @gem_prime_pin (optional): prepare a GEM object for exporting
+ *
+ *  - @gem_prime_get_sg_table: provide a scatter/gather table of pinned pages
+ *
+ *  - @gem_prime_vmap: vmap a buffer exported by your driver
+ *
+ *  - @gem_prime_vunmap: vunmap a buffer exported by your driver
+ *
+ * Import callback:
+ *
+ *  - @gem_prime_import_sg_table (import): produce a GEM object from another
+ *    driver's scatter/gather table
+ */
+
+struct dma_buf *drm_gem_prime_export(struct drm_device *dev,
+				     struct drm_gem_object *obj, int flags)
+{
+	if (dev->driver->gem_prime_pin) {
+		int ret = dev->driver->gem_prime_pin(obj);
+		if (ret)
+			return ERR_PTR(ret);
+	}
+	return dma_buf_export(obj, &drm_gem_prime_dmabuf_ops, obj->size,
+			      0600);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_gem_prime_export);
+
 int drm_gem_prime_handle_to_fd(struct drm_device *dev,
 		struct drm_file *file_priv, uint32_t handle, uint32_t flags,
 		int *prime_fd)
@@ -117,6 +249,58 @@ int drm_gem_prime_handle_to_fd(struct drm_device *dev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_gem_prime_handle_to_fd);
 
+struct drm_gem_object *drm_gem_prime_import(struct drm_device *dev,
+					    struct dma_buf *dma_buf)
+{
+	struct dma_buf_attachment *attach;
+	struct sg_table *sgt;
+	struct drm_gem_object *obj;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!dev->driver->gem_prime_import_sg_table)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	if (dma_buf->ops == &drm_gem_prime_dmabuf_ops) {
+		obj = dma_buf->priv;
+		if (obj->dev == dev) {
+			/*
+			 * Importing dmabuf exported from out own gem increases
+			 * refcount on gem itself instead of f_count of dmabuf.
+			 */
+			drm_gem_object_reference(obj);
+			dma_buf_put(dma_buf);
+			return obj;
+		}
+	}
+
+	attach = dma_buf_attach(dma_buf, dev->dev);
+	if (IS_ERR(attach))
+		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(attach));
+
+	sgt = dma_buf_map_attachment(attach, DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(sgt)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(sgt);
+		goto fail_detach;
+	}
+
+	obj = dev->driver->gem_prime_import_sg_table(dev, dma_buf->size, sgt);
+	if (IS_ERR(obj)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(obj);
+		goto fail_unmap;
+	}
+
+	obj->import_attach = attach;
+
+	return obj;
+
+fail_unmap:
+	dma_buf_unmap_attachment(attach, sgt, DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
+fail_detach:
+	dma_buf_detach(dma_buf, attach);
+	return ERR_PTR(ret);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_gem_prime_import);
+
 int drm_gem_prime_fd_to_handle(struct drm_device *dev,
 		struct drm_file *file_priv, int prime_fd, uint32_t *handle)
 {
diff --git a/include/drm/drmP.h b/include/drm/drmP.h
index 3aaa50d64451f717c65473bfd365eeaa06a2c96e..2d94d7413d71cc02483bae57219007bb6f30dd28 100644
--- a/include/drm/drmP.h
+++ b/include/drm/drmP.h
@@ -930,6 +930,14 @@ struct drm_driver {
 	/* import dmabuf -> GEM */
 	struct drm_gem_object * (*gem_prime_import)(struct drm_device *dev,
 				struct dma_buf *dma_buf);
+	/* low-level interface used by drm_gem_prime_{import,export} */
+	int (*gem_prime_pin)(struct drm_gem_object *obj);
+	struct sg_table *(*gem_prime_get_sg_table)(struct drm_gem_object *obj);
+	struct drm_gem_object *(*gem_prime_import_sg_table)(
+				struct drm_device *dev, size_t size,
+				struct sg_table *sgt);
+	void *(*gem_prime_vmap)(struct drm_gem_object *obj);
+	void (*gem_prime_vunmap)(struct drm_gem_object *obj, void *vaddr);
 
 	/* vga arb irq handler */
 	void (*vgaarb_irq)(struct drm_device *dev, bool state);
@@ -1562,9 +1570,13 @@ extern int drm_clients_info(struct seq_file *m, void* data);
 extern int drm_gem_name_info(struct seq_file *m, void *data);
 
 
+extern struct dma_buf *drm_gem_prime_export(struct drm_device *dev,
+		struct drm_gem_object *obj, int flags);
 extern int drm_gem_prime_handle_to_fd(struct drm_device *dev,
 		struct drm_file *file_priv, uint32_t handle, uint32_t flags,
 		int *prime_fd);
+extern struct drm_gem_object *drm_gem_prime_import(struct drm_device *dev,
+		struct dma_buf *dma_buf);
 extern int drm_gem_prime_fd_to_handle(struct drm_device *dev,
 		struct drm_file *file_priv, int prime_fd, uint32_t *handle);