diff --git a/drivers/dma/qcom/gpi.c b/drivers/dma/qcom/gpi.c
index b0bb1f9b55e8..44e2e7de129e 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/qcom/gpi.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/qcom/gpi.c
@@ -852,6 +852,15 @@ static void gpi_dump_debug_reg(struct gpii *gpii)
 	GPII_ERR(gpii, GPI_DBG_COMMON, "Global IRQ handling Exit\n");
 }
 
+void gpi_dump_for_geni(struct dma_chan *chan)
+{
+	struct gpii_chan *gpii_chan = to_gpii_chan(chan);
+	struct gpii *gpii = gpii_chan->gpii;
+
+	gpi_dump_debug_reg(gpii);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(gpi_dump_for_geni);
+
 static void gpi_disable_interrupts(struct gpii *gpii)
 {
 	struct {
diff --git a/include/linux/msm_gpi.h b/include/linux/msm_gpi.h
index d254c0355ebf..d96bc36e9bbe 100644
--- a/include/linux/msm_gpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/msm_gpi.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2020, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2021, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #ifndef __MSM_GPI_H_
@@ -263,4 +263,8 @@ struct msm_gpi_dma_async_tx_cb_param {
 	void *userdata;
 };
 
+/* Client drivers of the GPI can call this function to dump the GPI registers
+ * whenever client met some scenario like timeout, error in GPI transfer mode.
+ */
+void gpi_dump_for_geni(struct dma_chan *chan);
 #endif