diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
index fe174a4857be..85aa54d51b2d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
@@ -228,8 +228,16 @@ static void drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs_cb(struct dma_fence *f,
 	schedule_work(&job->work);
 }
 
-/* Remove the entity from the scheduler and kill all pending jobs */
-static void drm_sched_entity_kill(struct drm_sched_entity *entity)
+/**
+ * drm_sched_entity_kill - kill an entity's pending jobs and remove it
+ * @entity: the entity to remove
+ *
+ * Removes the entity from the scheduler's run queue and kills all pending jobs.
+ *
+ * This function should be used over drm_sched_entity_flush() if it is not
+ * desired to actually wait for all pending jobs to finish.
+ */
+void drm_sched_entity_kill(struct drm_sched_entity *entity)
 {
 	struct drm_sched_job *job;
 	struct dma_fence *prev;
@@ -267,6 +275,7 @@ static void drm_sched_entity_kill(struct drm_sched_entity *entity)
 	}
 	dma_fence_put(prev);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_sched_entity_kill);
 
 /**
  * drm_sched_entity_flush - Flush a context entity
diff --git a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
index 78e07c2507c7..609ebe389094 100644
--- a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
+++ b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
@@ -691,6 +691,7 @@ int drm_sched_entity_init(struct drm_sched_entity *entity,
 			  unsigned int num_sched_list,
 			  atomic_t *guilty);
 long drm_sched_entity_flush(struct drm_sched_entity *entity, long timeout);
+void drm_sched_entity_kill(struct drm_sched_entity *entity);
 void drm_sched_entity_fini(struct drm_sched_entity *entity);
 void drm_sched_entity_destroy(struct drm_sched_entity *entity);
 void drm_sched_entity_set_priority(struct drm_sched_entity *entity,