diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
index d9948d58b3f4..0ee38382ba17 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
@@ -348,6 +348,25 @@ out:
 	return events;
 }
 
+static long _dma_buf_set_name(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, const char *name)
+{
+	long ret = 0;
+
+	dma_resv_lock(dmabuf->resv, NULL);
+	if (!list_empty(&dmabuf->attachments)) {
+		ret = -EBUSY;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+	spin_lock(&dmabuf->name_lock);
+	kfree(dmabuf->name);
+	dmabuf->name = name;
+	spin_unlock(&dmabuf->name_lock);
+
+out_unlock:
+	dma_resv_unlock(dmabuf->resv);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /**
  * dma_buf_set_name - Set a name to a specific dma_buf to track the usage.
  * The name of the dma-buf buffer can only be set when the dma-buf is not
@@ -363,7 +382,23 @@ out:
  * devices, return -EBUSY.
  *
  */
-static long dma_buf_set_name(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, const char __user *buf)
+long dma_buf_set_name(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, const char *name)
+{
+	long ret = 0;
+	char *buf = kstrndup(name, DMA_BUF_NAME_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if (!buf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = _dma_buf_set_name(dmabuf, buf);
+	if (ret)
+		kfree(buf);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dma_buf_set_name);
+
+static long dma_buf_set_name_user(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, const char __user *buf)
 {
 	char *name = strndup_user(buf, DMA_BUF_NAME_LEN);
 	long ret = 0;
@@ -371,19 +406,10 @@ static long dma_buf_set_name(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, const char __user *buf)
 	if (IS_ERR(name))
 		return PTR_ERR(name);
 
-	dma_resv_lock(dmabuf->resv, NULL);
-	if (!list_empty(&dmabuf->attachments)) {
-		ret = -EBUSY;
+	ret = _dma_buf_set_name(dmabuf, name);
+	if (ret)
 		kfree(name);
-		goto out_unlock;
-	}
-	spin_lock(&dmabuf->name_lock);
-	kfree(dmabuf->name);
-	dmabuf->name = name;
-	spin_unlock(&dmabuf->name_lock);
 
-out_unlock:
-	dma_resv_unlock(dmabuf->resv);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -428,7 +454,7 @@ static long dma_buf_ioctl(struct file *file,
 
 	case DMA_BUF_SET_NAME_A:
 	case DMA_BUF_SET_NAME_B:
-		return dma_buf_set_name(dmabuf, (const char __user *)arg);
+		return dma_buf_set_name_user(dmabuf, (const char __user *)arg);
 
 	default:
 		return -ENOTTY;
diff --git a/include/linux/dma-buf.h b/include/linux/dma-buf.h
index 63ffe57a61d5..a9ad8cfdd8fd 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-buf.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-buf.h
@@ -623,6 +623,7 @@ int dma_buf_mmap(struct dma_buf *, struct vm_area_struct *,
 		 unsigned long);
 void *dma_buf_vmap(struct dma_buf *);
 void dma_buf_vunmap(struct dma_buf *, void *vaddr);
+long dma_buf_set_name(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, const char *name);
 int dma_buf_get_flags(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, unsigned long *flags);
 int dma_buf_get_uuid(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, uuid_t *uuid);