diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/posix/posix-nvhost.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/posix/posix-nvhost.h
index e61e43087..0bb3f38fa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/posix/posix-nvhost.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/posix/posix-nvhost.h
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ u32 nvgpu_nvhost_get_syncpt_client_managed(
 	struct nvgpu_nvhost_dev *nvhost_dev,
 	const char *syncpt_name);
 
+const char *nvgpu_nvhost_syncpt_get_name(
+	struct nvgpu_nvhost_dev *nvgpu_syncpt_dev, int id);
+
 void nvgpu_nvhost_syncpt_set_safe_state(
 	struct nvgpu_nvhost_dev *nvhost_dev, u32 id);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/posix/posix-nvhost.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/posix/posix-nvhost.c
index c912f82ac..49f387479 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/posix/posix-nvhost.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/posix/posix-nvhost.c
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ int nvgpu_nvhost_get_syncpt_aperture(
 
 }
 
+const char *nvgpu_nvhost_syncpt_get_name(
+	struct nvgpu_nvhost_dev *nvgpu_syncpt_dev, int id)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 u32 nvgpu_nvhost_syncpt_unit_interface_get_byte_offset(u32 syncpt_id)
 {
 	return nvgpu_safe_mult_u32(syncpt_id, 0x1000U);