diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/ti/vpe/vpdma.c b/drivers/media/platform/ti/vpe/vpdma.c
index bb8a8bd7980c..29ee1918bc1c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/ti/vpe/vpdma.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/ti/vpe/vpdma.c
@@ -552,6 +552,54 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vpdma_submit_descs);
 
 static void dump_dtd(struct vpdma_dtd *dtd);
 
+/**
+ * vpdma_update_dma_addr() - update DMA address in a descriptor
+ * @vpdma: VPDMA device context
+ * @list: vpdma desc list to which we add this descriptor
+ * @dma_addr: new DMA address to program into the descriptor
+ * @write_dtd: descriptor pointer used to compute write-back address
+ * @drop: if true, set the drop bit in the write descriptor
+ * @idx: index of the descriptor in the list to update
+ *
+ * Updates dma addresses of the descriptor at @idx in @list.
+ * This allows reusing an existing descriptor list with a new buffer
+ * address, instead of rebuilding the list, which is needed when
+ * multiple clients share the same VPDMA engine. The list buffer is
+ * unmapped before the update and remapped after.
+ */
+void vpdma_update_dma_addr(struct vpdma_data *vpdma,
+			   struct vpdma_desc_list *list,
+			   dma_addr_t dma_addr,
+			   void *write_dtd, int drop, int idx)
+{
+	struct vpdma_dtd *dtd = list->buf.addr;
+	dma_addr_t write_desc_addr;
+	int offset;
+
+	dtd += idx;
+	vpdma_unmap_desc_buf(vpdma, &list->buf);
+
+	dtd->start_addr = dma_addr;
+
+	/* Calculate write address from the offset of write_dtd from start
+	 * of the list->buf
+	 */
+	offset = (void *)write_dtd - list->buf.addr;
+	write_desc_addr = list->buf.dma_addr + offset;
+
+	if (drop)
+		dtd->desc_write_addr = dtd_desc_write_addr(write_desc_addr,
+							   1, 1, 0);
+	else
+		dtd->desc_write_addr = dtd_desc_write_addr(write_desc_addr,
+							   1, 0, 0);
+
+	vpdma_map_desc_buf(vpdma, &list->buf);
+
+	dump_dtd(dtd);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vpdma_update_dma_addr);
+
 void vpdma_set_max_size(struct vpdma_data *vpdma, int reg_addr,
 			u32 width, u32 height)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/ti/vpe/vpdma.h b/drivers/media/platform/ti/vpe/vpdma.h
index e4d7941c6207..5b3a0cd49a3c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/ti/vpe/vpdma.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/ti/vpe/vpdma.h
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ void vpdma_free_desc_list(struct vpdma_desc_list *list);
 int vpdma_submit_descs(struct vpdma_data *vpdma, struct vpdma_desc_list *list,
 		       int list_num);
 bool vpdma_list_busy(struct vpdma_data *vpdma, int list_num);
+void vpdma_update_dma_addr(struct vpdma_data *vpdma,
+			   struct vpdma_desc_list *list, dma_addr_t dma_addr,
+			   void *write_dtd, int drop, int idx);
 
 /* VPDMA hardware list funcs */
 int vpdma_hwlist_alloc(struct vpdma_data *vpdma, void *priv);