diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/Makefile.nvgpu b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/Makefile.nvgpu
index d16e2c3e3..790cd656d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/Makefile.nvgpu
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/Makefile.nvgpu
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ nvgpu-y := \
 	common/mm/gmmu.o \
 	common/mm/vm.o \
 	common/mm/vm_area.o \
+	common/bus.o \
 	common/enabled.o \
 	common/pramin.o \
 	common/semaphore.o \
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/bus.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/bus.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9fd827bc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/bus.c
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include <nvgpu/bus.h>
+
+#include "gk20a/gk20a.h"
+
+int nvgpu_get_timestamps_zipper(struct gk20a *g,
+		u32 source_id, u32 count,
+		struct nvgpu_cpu_time_correlation_sample *samples)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+	unsigned int i = 0;
+
+	if (source_id != NVGPU_GPU_GET_CPU_TIME_CORRELATION_INFO_SRC_ID_TSC) {
+		nvgpu_err(g, "source_id %u not supported", source_id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (gk20a_busy(g)) {
+		nvgpu_err(g, "GPU not powered on\n");
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto end;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+		err = g->ops.bus.read_ptimer(g, &samples[i].gpu_timestamp);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+
+		samples[i].cpu_timestamp = (u64)get_cycles();
+	}
+
+end:
+	gk20a_idle(g);
+	return err;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_ctrl.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_ctrl.c
index 025a30fe3..caf8d3096 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_ctrl.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <nvgpu/bitops.h>
 #include <nvgpu/kmem.h>
 #include <nvgpu/bug.h>
+#include <nvgpu/bus.h>
 
 #include "ioctl_ctrl.h"
 #include "ioctl_tsg.h"
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/bus_gk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/bus_gk20a.c
index f23414b0a..45cebd7fa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/bus_gk20a.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/bus_gk20a.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <nvgpu/page_allocator.h>
 #include <nvgpu/log.h>
 #include <nvgpu/soc.h>
+#include <nvgpu/bus.h>
 
 #include "gk20a.h"
 #include "bus_gk20a.h"
@@ -128,37 +129,6 @@ int gk20a_read_ptimer(struct gk20a *g, u64 *value)
 	return -EBUSY;
 }
 
-int gk20a_get_timestamps_zipper(struct gk20a *g,
-		u32 source_id, u32 count,
-		struct nvgpu_cpu_time_correlation_sample *samples)
-{
-	int err = 0;
-	unsigned int i = 0;
-
-	if (source_id != NVGPU_GPU_GET_CPU_TIME_CORRELATION_INFO_SRC_ID_TSC) {
-		nvgpu_err(g, "source_id %u not supported", source_id);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	if (gk20a_busy(g)) {
-		nvgpu_err(g, "GPU not powered on\n");
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto end;
-	}
-
-	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-		err = g->ops.bus.read_ptimer(g, &samples[i].gpu_timestamp);
-		if (err)
-			return err;
-
-		samples[i].cpu_timestamp = (u64)get_cycles();
-	}
-
-end:
-	gk20a_idle(g);
-	return err;
-}
-
 static int gk20a_bus_bar1_bind(struct gk20a *g, struct nvgpu_mem *bar1_inst)
 {
 	u64 iova = gk20a_mm_inst_block_addr(g, bar1_inst);
@@ -181,6 +151,6 @@ void gk20a_init_bus(struct gpu_ops *gops)
 	gops->bus.init_hw = gk20a_bus_init_hw;
 	gops->bus.isr = gk20a_bus_isr;
 	gops->bus.read_ptimer = gk20a_read_ptimer;
-	gops->bus.get_timestamps_zipper = gk20a_get_timestamps_zipper;
+	gops->bus.get_timestamps_zipper = nvgpu_get_timestamps_zipper;
 	gops->bus.bar1_bind = gk20a_bus_bar1_bind;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/bus_gk20a.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/bus_gk20a.h
index 088c385eb..344350b4a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/bus_gk20a.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/bus_gk20a.h
@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@
 
 struct gk20a;
 struct gpu_ops;
-struct nvgpu_mem;
-
-struct nvgpu_cpu_time_correlation_sample {
-	u64 cpu_timestamp;
-	u64 gpu_timestamp;
-};
 
 void gk20a_init_bus(struct gpu_ops *gops);
 
@@ -33,8 +27,4 @@ void gk20a_bus_isr(struct gk20a *g);
 int gk20a_read_ptimer(struct gk20a *g, u64 *value);
 void gk20a_bus_init_hw(struct gk20a *g);
 
-int gk20a_get_timestamps_zipper(struct gk20a *g,
-		u32 source_id, u32 count,
-		struct nvgpu_cpu_time_correlation_sample *samples);
-
 #endif /* GK20A_H */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.h
index 84e104482..11490c27a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ struct ecc_gk20a;
 struct gk20a_debug_output;
 struct nvgpu_clk_pll_debug_data;
 struct nvgpu_nvhost_dev;
+struct nvgpu_cpu_time_correlation_sample;
 
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <nvgpu/lock.h>
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gm20b/bus_gm20b.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gm20b/bus_gm20b.c
index 39778c55f..11c11e230 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gm20b/bus_gm20b.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gm20b/bus_gm20b.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <nvgpu/timers.h>
+#include <nvgpu/bus.h>
 
 #include "bus_gm20b.h"
 #include "gk20a/gk20a.h"
@@ -58,6 +59,6 @@ void gm20b_init_bus(struct gpu_ops *gops)
 	gops->bus.init_hw = gk20a_bus_init_hw;
 	gops->bus.isr = gk20a_bus_isr;
 	gops->bus.read_ptimer = gk20a_read_ptimer;
-	gops->bus.get_timestamps_zipper = gk20a_get_timestamps_zipper;
+	gops->bus.get_timestamps_zipper = nvgpu_get_timestamps_zipper;
 	gops->bus.bar1_bind = gm20b_bus_bar1_bind;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/bus.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/bus.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..096c084d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/bus.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ */
+#ifndef __NVGPU_BUS_H__
+#define __NVGPU_BUS_H__
+
+#include <nvgpu/types.h>
+
+struct gk20a;
+
+struct nvgpu_cpu_time_correlation_sample {
+	u64 cpu_timestamp;
+	u64 gpu_timestamp;
+};
+
+int nvgpu_get_timestamps_zipper(struct gk20a *g,
+		u32 source_id, u32 count,
+		struct nvgpu_cpu_time_correlation_sample *samples);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/vgpu/vgpu.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/vgpu/vgpu.c
index 52f375f9f..a9f102c86 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/vgpu/vgpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/vgpu/vgpu.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <nvgpu/bug.h>
 #include <nvgpu/enabled.h>
 #include <nvgpu/debug.h>
+#include <nvgpu/bus.h>
 
 #include "vgpu/vgpu.h"
 #include "vgpu/fecs_trace_vgpu.h"