diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
index d011243c93ed..ce9bb6e929c2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
@@ -181,6 +181,14 @@ u32 msm_readl(const void __iomem *addr)
 	return val;
 }
 
+void msm_rmw(void __iomem *addr, u32 mask, u32 or)
+{
+	u32 val = msm_readl(addr);
+
+	val &= ~mask;
+	msm_writel(val | or, addr);
+}
+
 struct msm_vblank_work {
 	struct work_struct work;
 	int crtc_id;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h
index f9e46a240d0a..a51515fc2c19 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ void __iomem *msm_ioremap_quiet(struct platform_device *pdev, const char *name,
 		const char *dbgname);
 void msm_writel(u32 data, void __iomem *addr);
 u32 msm_readl(const void __iomem *addr);
+void msm_rmw(void __iomem *addr, u32 mask, u32 or);
 
 struct msm_gpu_submitqueue;
 int msm_submitqueue_init(struct drm_device *drm, struct msm_file_private *ctx);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.h
index 786cfc285be0..d7cd02cd2109 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.h
@@ -256,10 +256,7 @@ static inline u32 gpu_read(struct msm_gpu *gpu, u32 reg)
 
 static inline void gpu_rmw(struct msm_gpu *gpu, u32 reg, u32 mask, u32 or)
 {
-	uint32_t val = gpu_read(gpu, reg);
-
-	val &= ~mask;
-	gpu_write(gpu, reg, val | or);
+	msm_rmw(gpu->mmio + (reg << 2), mask, or);
 }
 
 static inline u64 gpu_read64(struct msm_gpu *gpu, u32 lo, u32 hi)