diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
index fc387de5a0c7..98b2ad54fc70 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ static void drm_sched_start_timeout(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
 
 	if (sched->timeout != MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT &&
 	    !list_empty(&sched->pending_list))
-		queue_delayed_work(sched->timeout_wq, &sched->work_tdr, sched->timeout);
+		mod_delayed_work(sched->timeout_wq, &sched->work_tdr, sched->timeout);
 }
 
 static void drm_sched_start_timeout_unlocked(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
@@ -348,6 +348,22 @@ static void drm_sched_start_timeout_unlocked(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
 	spin_unlock(&sched->job_list_lock);
 }
 
+/**
+ * drm_sched_tdr_queue_imm: - immediately start job timeout handler
+ *
+ * @sched: scheduler for which the timeout handling should be started.
+ *
+ * Start timeout handling immediately for the named scheduler.
+ */
+void drm_sched_tdr_queue_imm(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
+{
+	spin_lock(&sched->job_list_lock);
+	sched->timeout = 0;
+	drm_sched_start_timeout(sched);
+	spin_unlock(&sched->job_list_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_sched_tdr_queue_imm);
+
 /**
  * drm_sched_fault - immediately start timeout handler
  *
diff --git a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
index 6655aeeef9bb..9daa78d2c04c 100644
--- a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
+++ b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
@@ -557,6 +557,7 @@ void drm_sched_entity_modify_sched(struct drm_sched_entity *entity,
 				    struct drm_gpu_scheduler **sched_list,
                                    unsigned int num_sched_list);
 
+void drm_sched_tdr_queue_imm(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched);
 void drm_sched_job_cleanup(struct drm_sched_job *job);
 void drm_sched_wakeup_if_can_queue(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched);
 bool drm_sched_wqueue_ready(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched);