diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/clk/clk_arb.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/clk/clk_arb.c
index 368bacc20..67e452f00 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/clk/clk_arb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/clk/clk_arb.c
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ static u32 nvgpu_clk_arb_notify(struct nvgpu_clk_dev *dev,
 
 	if (poll_mask) {
 		nvgpu_atomic_set(&dev->poll_mask, poll_mask);
-		nvgpu_cond_broadcast_interruptible(&dev->readout_wq);
+		nvgpu_clk_arb_event_post_event(dev);
 	}
 
 	return new_alarms_reported;
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ exit_arb:
 	nvgpu_list_for_each_entry_safe(dev, tmp, &arb->requests,
 			nvgpu_clk_dev, node) {
 		nvgpu_atomic_set(&dev->poll_mask, NVGPU_POLLIN | NVGPU_POLLRDNORM);
-		nvgpu_cond_signal_interruptible(&dev->readout_wq);
+		nvgpu_clk_arb_event_post_event(dev);
 		nvgpu_ref_put(&dev->refcount, nvgpu_clk_arb_free_fd);
 		nvgpu_list_del(&dev->node);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_clk_arb.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_clk_arb.c
index 09d47722a..a7c6a607a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_clk_arb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_clk_arb.c
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ static unsigned int nvgpu_clk_arb_poll_dev(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
 	return nvgpu_convert_poll_mask(nvgpu_atomic_xchg(&dev->poll_mask, 0));
 }
 
+void nvgpu_clk_arb_event_post_event(struct nvgpu_clk_dev *dev)
+{
+	nvgpu_cond_broadcast_interruptible(&dev->readout_wq);
+}
+
 static int nvgpu_clk_arb_release_event_dev(struct inode *inode,
 		struct file *filp)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/clk_arb.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/clk_arb.h
index e91a0dad9..0c9bbe061 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/clk_arb.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/clk_arb.h
@@ -349,6 +349,9 @@ int nvgpu_clk_notification_queue_alloc(struct gk20a *g,
 
 void nvgpu_clk_notification_queue_free(struct gk20a *g,
 		struct nvgpu_clk_notification_queue *queue);
+
+void nvgpu_clk_arb_event_post_event(struct nvgpu_clk_dev *dev);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
 int nvgpu_clk_arb_debugfs_init(struct gk20a *g);
 #endif