diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno.c b/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno.c
index 56efea08..7b9343cb 100755
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno.c
@@ -904,7 +904,6 @@ struct kgsl_memdesc *adreno_find_region(struct kgsl_device *device,
 {
 	struct kgsl_memdesc *result = NULL;
 	struct kgsl_mem_entry *entry;
-	struct kgsl_process_private *priv;
 	struct adreno_device *adreno_dev = ADRENO_DEVICE(device);
 	struct adreno_ringbuffer *ringbuffer = &adreno_dev->ringbuffer;
 	struct kgsl_context *context;
@@ -919,21 +918,10 @@ struct kgsl_memdesc *adreno_find_region(struct kgsl_device *device,
 	if (kgsl_gpuaddr_in_memdesc(&device->memstore, gpuaddr, size))
 		return &device->memstore;
 
-	mutex_lock(&kgsl_driver.process_mutex);
-	list_for_each_entry(priv, &kgsl_driver.process_list, list) {
-		if (!kgsl_mmu_pt_equal(priv->pagetable, pt_base))
-			continue;
-		spin_lock(&priv->mem_lock);
-		entry = kgsl_sharedmem_find_region(priv, gpuaddr, size);
-		if (entry) {
-			result = &entry->memdesc;
-			spin_unlock(&priv->mem_lock);
-			mutex_unlock(&kgsl_driver.process_mutex);
-			return result;
-		}
-		spin_unlock(&priv->mem_lock);
-	}
-	mutex_unlock(&kgsl_driver.process_mutex);
+	entry = kgsl_get_mem_entry(pt_base, gpuaddr, size);
+
+	if (entry)
+		return &entry->memdesc;
 
 	while (1) {
 		struct adreno_context *adreno_context = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c
index a954df73..8e620a46 100755
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c
@@ -135,6 +135,39 @@ static void kgsl_cancel_events(struct kgsl_device *device,
 	}
 }
 
+/* kgsl_get_mem_entry - get the mem_entry structure for the specified object
+ * @ptbase - the pagetable base of the object
+ * @gpuaddr - the GPU address of the object
+ * @size - Size of the region to search
+ */
+
+struct kgsl_mem_entry *kgsl_get_mem_entry(unsigned int ptbase,
+	unsigned int gpuaddr, unsigned int size)
+{
+	struct kgsl_process_private *priv;
+	struct kgsl_mem_entry *entry;
+
+	mutex_lock(&kgsl_driver.process_mutex);
+
+	list_for_each_entry(priv, &kgsl_driver.process_list, list) {
+		if (!kgsl_mmu_pt_equal(priv->pagetable, ptbase))
+			continue;
+		spin_lock(&priv->mem_lock);
+		entry = kgsl_sharedmem_find_region(priv, gpuaddr, size);
+
+		if (entry) {
+			spin_unlock(&priv->mem_lock);
+			mutex_unlock(&kgsl_driver.process_mutex);
+			return entry;
+		}
+		spin_unlock(&priv->mem_lock);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&kgsl_driver.process_mutex);
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kgsl_get_mem_entry);
+
 static inline struct kgsl_mem_entry *
 kgsl_mem_entry_create(void)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.h b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.h
index 91b42ffe..fb506b57 100755
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2008-2011, Code Aurora Forum. All rights reserved.
+/* Copyright (c) 2008-2012, Code Aurora Forum. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ struct kgsl_mem_entry {
 #endif
 
 void kgsl_mem_entry_destroy(struct kref *kref);
+
+struct kgsl_mem_entry *kgsl_get_mem_entry(unsigned int ptbase,
+		unsigned int gpuaddr, unsigned int size);
+
 struct kgsl_mem_entry *kgsl_sharedmem_find_region(
 	struct kgsl_process_private *private, unsigned int gpuaddr,
 	size_t size);