diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-common.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-common.c
index 380ddd89fa4c..614316f9b7a4 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-common.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-common.c
@@ -978,3 +978,13 @@ const struct v4l2_frmsize_discrete *v4l2_find_nearest_format(
 	return best;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(v4l2_find_nearest_format);
+
+void v4l2_get_timestamp(struct timeval *tv)
+{
+	struct timespec ts;
+
+	ktime_get_ts(&ts);
+	tv->tv_sec = ts.tv_sec;
+	tv->tv_usec = ts.tv_nsec / NSEC_PER_USEC;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(v4l2_get_timestamp);
diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-common.h b/include/media/v4l2-common.h
index 1a0b2db4c5d3..ec7c9c00b256 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-common.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-common.h
@@ -225,4 +225,6 @@ bool v4l2_detect_gtf(unsigned frame_height, unsigned hfreq, unsigned vsync,
 
 struct v4l2_fract v4l2_calc_aspect_ratio(u8 hor_landscape, u8 vert_portrait);
 
+void v4l2_get_timestamp(struct timeval *tv);
+
 #endif /* V4L2_COMMON_H_ */