diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c
index 276474d13763..d7822bef1986 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c
@@ -460,6 +460,26 @@ out:
 		schedule_delayed_work(delayed_work, DRM_OUTPUT_POLL_PERIOD);
 }
 
+/**
+ * drm_kms_helper_is_poll_worker - is %current task an output poll worker?
+ *
+ * Determine if %current task is an output poll worker.  This can be used
+ * to select distinct code paths for output polling versus other contexts.
+ *
+ * One use case is to avoid a deadlock between the output poll worker and
+ * the autosuspend worker wherein the latter waits for polling to finish
+ * upon calling drm_kms_helper_poll_disable(), while the former waits for
+ * runtime suspend to finish upon calling pm_runtime_get_sync() in a
+ * connector ->detect hook.
+ */
+bool drm_kms_helper_is_poll_worker(void)
+{
+	struct work_struct *work = current_work();
+
+	return work && work->func == output_poll_execute;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_kms_helper_is_poll_worker);
+
 /**
  * drm_kms_helper_poll_disable - disable output polling
  * @dev: drm_device
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_crtc_helper.h b/include/drm/drm_crtc_helper.h
index 982c299e435a..642d0597bb73 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_crtc_helper.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_crtc_helper.h
@@ -74,5 +74,6 @@ extern void drm_kms_helper_hotplug_event(struct drm_device *dev);
 extern void drm_kms_helper_poll_disable(struct drm_device *dev);
 extern void drm_kms_helper_poll_enable(struct drm_device *dev);
 extern void drm_kms_helper_poll_enable_locked(struct drm_device *dev);
+extern bool drm_kms_helper_is_poll_worker(void);
 
 #endif