diff --git a/drivers/video/tegra/host/nvdla/nvdla.c b/drivers/video/tegra/host/nvdla/nvdla.c
index 37b18fca..f3bcdabb 100644
--- a/drivers/video/tegra/host/nvdla/nvdla.c
+++ b/drivers/video/tegra/host/nvdla/nvdla.c
@@ -1016,5 +1016,8 @@ static void __exit nvdla_exit(void)
 module_exit(nvdla_exit);
 #endif
 
+#if KERNEL_VERSION(5, 16, 0) <= LINUX_VERSION_CODE
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS(DMA_BUF);
+#endif
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Shridhar Rasal <srasal@nvidia.com>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");