diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_dbg.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_dbg.c
index a15ac3440..d288280ed 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_dbg.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/ioctl_dbg.c
@@ -468,6 +468,11 @@ free_ref:
 	return err;
 }
 
+void nvgpu_dbg_session_post_event(struct dbg_session_gk20a *dbg_s)
+{
+	nvgpu_cond_broadcast_interruptible(&dbg_s->dbg_events.wait_queue);
+}
+
 static int dbg_unbind_single_channel_gk20a(struct dbg_session_gk20a *dbg_s,
 			struct dbg_session_channel_data *ch_data)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/dbg_gpu_gk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/dbg_gpu_gk20a.c
index 5d428afa8..ce06e78b8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/dbg_gpu_gk20a.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/dbg_gpu_gk20a.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Tegra GK20A GPU Debugger/Profiler Driver
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2017, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2018, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
  * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <nvgpu/vm.h>
 #include <nvgpu/atomic.h>
 #include <nvgpu/mm.h>
+#include <nvgpu/bug.h>
 
 #include "gk20a.h"
 #include "gr_gk20a.h"
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ void gk20a_dbg_gpu_post_events(struct channel_gk20a *ch)
 
 			dbg_s->dbg_events.num_pending_events++;
 
-			nvgpu_cond_broadcast_interruptible(&dbg_s->dbg_events.wait_queue);
+			nvgpu_dbg_session_post_event(dbg_s);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/dbg_gpu_gk20a.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/dbg_gpu_gk20a.h
index 28db053ce..b714a648f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/dbg_gpu_gk20a.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/dbg_gpu_gk20a.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Tegra GK20A GPU Debugger Driver
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2017, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2018, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
  * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
@@ -132,4 +132,5 @@ void nvgpu_release_profiler_reservation(struct dbg_session_gk20a *dbg_s,
 int gk20a_perfbuf_enable_locked(struct gk20a *g, u64 offset, u32 size);
 int gk20a_perfbuf_disable_locked(struct gk20a *g);
 
+void nvgpu_dbg_session_post_event(struct dbg_session_gk20a *dbg_s);
 #endif /* DBG_GPU_GK20A_H */