diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
index 27778e5ce0c0260bc1ec89017a1feffd87704354..1e659d2660f73e7601c9264a141477f8bf120816 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
@@ -1543,10 +1543,10 @@ tail:
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_gem_lru_scan);
 
 /**
- * drm_gem_evict - helper to evict backing pages for a GEM object
+ * drm_gem_evict_locked - helper to evict backing pages for a GEM object
  * @obj: obj in question
  */
-int drm_gem_evict(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
+int drm_gem_evict_locked(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
 {
 	dma_resv_assert_held(obj->resv);
 
@@ -1558,4 +1558,4 @@ int drm_gem_evict(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_gem_evict);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_gem_evict_locked);
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_gem.h b/include/drm/drm_gem.h
index 13c312ca07ae23a83f4e230265e073912c96cb73..43cf3c2c7ca093b89162ff2ecd8ec5a30aee21f1 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_gem.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_gem.h
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ unsigned long drm_gem_lru_scan(struct drm_gem_lru *lru,
 			       unsigned long *remaining,
 			       bool (*shrink)(struct drm_gem_object *obj));
 
-int drm_gem_evict(struct drm_gem_object *obj);
+int drm_gem_evict_locked(struct drm_gem_object *obj);
 
 /**
  * drm_gem_object_is_shared_for_memory_stats - helper for shared memory stats