diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
index 861ba2289484..842f0fe5d9e6 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
@@ -339,6 +339,16 @@ static __poll_t dma_buf_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *poll)
 	return events;
 }
 
+static long _dma_buf_set_name(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, const char *name)
+{
+	spin_lock(&dmabuf->name_lock);
+	kfree(dmabuf->name);
+	dmabuf->name = name;
+	spin_unlock(&dmabuf->name_lock);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * dma_buf_set_name - Set a name to a specific dma_buf to track the usage.
  * It could support changing the name of the dma-buf if the same
@@ -352,19 +362,35 @@ static __poll_t dma_buf_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *poll)
  * devices, return -EBUSY.
  *
  */
-static long dma_buf_set_name(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, const char __user *buf)
+long dma_buf_set_name(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, const char *name)
+{
+	long ret = 0;
+	char *buf = kstrndup(name, DMA_BUF_NAME_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if (!buf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = _dma_buf_set_name(dmabuf, buf);
+	if (ret)
+		kfree(buf);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dma_buf_set_name);
+
+static long dma_buf_set_name_user(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, const char __user *buf)
 {
 	char *name = strndup_user(buf, DMA_BUF_NAME_LEN);
+	long ret = 0;
 
 	if (IS_ERR(name))
 		return PTR_ERR(name);
 
-	spin_lock(&dmabuf->name_lock);
-	kfree(dmabuf->name);
-	dmabuf->name = name;
-	spin_unlock(&dmabuf->name_lock);
+	ret = _dma_buf_set_name(dmabuf, name);
+	if (ret)
+		kfree(name);
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SYNC_FILE)
@@ -513,7 +539,7 @@ static long dma_buf_ioctl(struct file *file,
 
 	case DMA_BUF_SET_NAME_A:
 	case DMA_BUF_SET_NAME_B:
-		return dma_buf_set_name(dmabuf, (const char __user *)arg);
+		return dma_buf_set_name_user(dmabuf, (const char __user *)arg);
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SYNC_FILE)
 	case DMA_BUF_IOCTL_EXPORT_SYNC_FILE:
diff --git a/include/linux/dma-buf.h b/include/linux/dma-buf.h
index f88238e08279..5efb9b98847b 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-buf.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-buf.h
@@ -729,5 +729,6 @@ int dma_buf_mmap(struct dma_buf *, struct vm_area_struct *,
 		 unsigned long);
 int dma_buf_vmap(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, struct iosys_map *map);
 void dma_buf_vunmap(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, struct iosys_map *map);
+long dma_buf_set_name(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, const char *name);
 int dma_buf_get_flags(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, unsigned long *flags);
 #endif /* __DMA_BUF_H__ */