diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-heap.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-heap.c
index 4627d4495228..d8b797458b69 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-heap.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-heap.c
@@ -280,6 +280,18 @@ struct device *dma_heap_get_dev(struct dma_heap *heap)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dma_heap_get_dev);
 
+/**
+ * dma_heap_get_name() - get heap name
+ * @heap: DMA-Heap to retrieve private data for
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * The char* for the heap name.
+ */
+const char *dma_heap_get_name(struct dma_heap *heap)
+{
+	return heap->name;
+}
+
 struct dma_heap *dma_heap_add(const struct dma_heap_export_info *exp_info)
 {
 	struct dma_heap *heap, *err_ret;
diff --git a/include/linux/dma-heap.h b/include/linux/dma-heap.h
index cfd47a6b2b49..e8f0e92c27dd 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-heap.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-heap.h
@@ -61,6 +61,15 @@ void *dma_heap_get_drvdata(struct dma_heap *heap);
  */
 struct device *dma_heap_get_dev(struct dma_heap *heap);
 
+/**
+ * dma_heap_get_name() - get heap name
+ * @heap: DMA-Heap to retrieve private data for
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * The char* for the heap name.
+ */
+const char *dma_heap_get_name(struct dma_heap *heap);
+
 /**
  * dma_heap_add - adds a heap to dmabuf heaps
  * @exp_info:		information needed to register this heap