diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_memory_region.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_memory_region.c
index a6211cbec71e..d0d038b3cd79 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_memory_region.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_memory_region.c
@@ -16,6 +16,20 @@ const u32 intel_region_map[] = {
 	[INTEL_REGION_STOLEN] = REGION_MAP(INTEL_MEMORY_STOLEN, 0),
 };
 
+struct intel_memory_region *
+intel_memory_region_by_type(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
+			    enum intel_memory_type mem_type)
+{
+	struct intel_memory_region *mr;
+	int id;
+
+	for_each_memory_region(mr, i915, id)
+		if (mr->type == mem_type)
+			return mr;
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 static u64
 intel_memory_region_free_pages(struct intel_memory_region *mem,
 			       struct list_head *blocks)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_memory_region.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_memory_region.h
index 7f4bff8f8be1..232490d89a83 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_memory_region.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_memory_region.h
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ void intel_memory_region_put(struct intel_memory_region *mem);
 
 int intel_memory_regions_hw_probe(struct drm_i915_private *i915);
 void intel_memory_regions_driver_release(struct drm_i915_private *i915);
+struct intel_memory_region *
+intel_memory_region_by_type(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
+			    enum intel_memory_type mem_type);
 
 __printf(2, 3) void
 intel_memory_region_set_name(struct intel_memory_region *mem,