diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpdma.c b/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpdma.c
index 2b094016b470865bc3c01749cbe8e157d170cd99..133154628543acb815adcc0fef88ed4ec186d6d5 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpdma.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpdma.c
@@ -867,6 +867,16 @@ void vpdma_clear_list_stat(struct vpdma_data *vpdma, int irq_num)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vpdma_clear_list_stat);
 
+void vpdma_set_bg_color(struct vpdma_data *vpdma,
+		struct vpdma_data_format *fmt, u32 color)
+{
+	if (fmt->type == VPDMA_DATA_FMT_TYPE_RGB)
+		write_reg(vpdma, VPDMA_BG_RGB, color);
+	else if (fmt->type == VPDMA_DATA_FMT_TYPE_YUV)
+		write_reg(vpdma, VPDMA_BG_YUV, color);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(vpdma_set_bg_color);
+
 /*
  * configures the output mode of the line buffer for the given client, the
  * line buffer content can either be mirrored(each line repeated twice) or
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpdma.h b/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpdma.h
index 83325d8875461169ebbfb10121c78a615aa6d169..220dc7e793f6bb50e7a7862ea1946f69bba74ce5 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpdma.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpdma.h
@@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ void vpdma_set_line_mode(struct vpdma_data *vpdma, int line_mode,
 		enum vpdma_channel chan);
 void vpdma_set_frame_start_event(struct vpdma_data *vpdma,
 		enum vpdma_frame_start_event fs_event, enum vpdma_channel chan);
-
+void vpdma_set_bg_color(struct vpdma_data *vpdma,
+			struct vpdma_data_format *fmt, u32 color);
 void vpdma_dump_regs(struct vpdma_data *vpdma);
 
 /* initialize vpdma, passed with VPE's platform device pointer */